Transcript West Maui Watershed Project Collaborative Planning in Hawaii

Office of Ocean and Coastal
Resource Management
Hawaii:
Kathy Chaston
and Steve Frano
CNMI:
Dana Okano
Guam:
Adrienne Loerzel
DIVISIONS:
Coastal Programs Division (CPD) –
Coastal Zone Management
• Land Use Planning
• Alternative Energy
• Local Priorities: Tsunami Response (AS), Military
Build-Up (GU)
DIVISIONS:
Coral Conservation Division (CCD) –
Coral Reef Management
National Goals and
Objectives:
• Impacts of Fishing
• Impacts of Land Based
Sources of Pollution
• Impacts of Climate
Change
State and Territory
Management Priority
Setting
OCRM Activities in
the Pacific
1. Grants Management
2. Coordination
3. Capacity Building
Grants Management
Federal liaison to CZM Programs
 Program planning/implementation guidance
 Management of financial awards ($5 M/yr)
 CZMA section-specific oversight
Federal liaison to Coral Reef Management Programs
 Program planning/implementation guidance
 Directly managed and co-manage with DOI financial awards ($1.5
M/yr)
 Facilitated establishment of local priorities, Starting development
of Capacity Assessments
Coordination/ Partnerships
• Partner with other NOAA
Offices – PSC, NMFS, NMS
• State/Territorial Agencies
• Non-Governmental Agencies
COASTAL PROGRAMS DIVISION OVERVIEW ~ NOVEMBER 2008
CRCP Partnerships
•Established priority areas with each Jurisdiction
•For Hawaii Coral Program – focus on West Maui and Big Island
(includes ARRA project site at Pelekane)
•Coordination with NMFS
•Both liaisons participate on project planning and grant reviews
•Co-located in CNMI
•TNC Marine Program Cooperative Agreement
•Conservation Action Plans: Guam, CNMI, AS, Palau, FSM, Maui
•SeaWeb Cooperative Agreement
•Support 2 pilot social marketing campaigns in CNMI and Hawaii
West Maui Watershed Project
New USCRTF Pacific Watershed Partnership
Study Goal:
Improve the overall quality of the West
Maui Watershed, from the summit of
Pu’ukukui to the outer reef, incorporating
holistic management aspects of
traditional Hawaiian land and natural
resource management at the watershed
or ahupua’a level.
Partners & Funding
Commission of Water Resource Management
Department of Health, Clean Water
Division of Aquatic Resources
Division of Forestry & Wildlife
Environmental Protection Agency
Maui County
Maui Land & Pineapple
NOAA
Public Collaboration
US Army Corps of Engineers
West Maui Mountains Watershed Partnership
West Maui Soil & Water Conservation
Capacity Building
•Coordination with CZM/Coral liaison staff located on island
•Identify jurisdiction priorities through cooperative
agreements
•Project assistance: Planning tools, GIS Needs, Climate Adaptation Planning
•Training
Pacific Island Watershed Institute
June 13 – 17 2011
•Purpose
To engage Pacific island watershed and stormwater practitioners in
an intensive four-day training experience that will lead to improved
on-the-ground management of island watersheds, particularly in
priority coral reef watersheds.
•Instructors: Horsley Witten Group, the
Center for Watershed Protection, NOAA's
Coral Reef Conservation Program, and
guest speakers
•Targeting State and territorial staff,
officials, and watershed and stormwater
professionals in the Pacific islands
(80 participants)
•More information: [email protected]
Regional Ocean Partnerships
•OCRM investments into regional ocean partnerships in the Pacific
•Hawaii’s Ocean Resources Management Plan (ORMP)
•Micronesia Challenge
•Two Samoa’s
•Pacific Region Ocean Partnership
•CZM and Coral program leads are points of contact appointed from their
governors
•Agreed to establish partnership but still need to identify: support,
membership, structure
•Looking for existing opportunities (NOC CMSP Workshop)
•Ocean Partnership Issues
•Size, diversity, model will vary from contiguous states
Questions?