Programs

  • Program 1 [2018]

    WATER QUALITY MONITORING PROGRAM: CLEAN OCEAN WATER IS ESSENTIAL FOR HEALTHY CORAL REEFS AND VALUED FOR OCEAN RECREATION. TO HELP RESTORE CLEAN OCEAN WATER TO MAUI COUNTY'S COASTAL AREAS, MNMRC CO-MANAGES THE HUI O KA WAI OLA OCEAN WATER-QUALITY MONITORING PROGRAM IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NATURE CONSERVANCY, WEST MAUI RIDGE TO REEF AND THE STATE OF HAWAII DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CLEAN WATER DIVISION. THROUGHOUT 2018, THIS UNIQUE COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAM MONITORED OCEAN WATER QUALITY AT 39 LOCATIONS ALONG MAUI'S SOUTH AND WEST COASTS EVERY THREE WEEKS. DATA GATHERED BY HUI O KA WAI OLA VOLUNTEERS AND STAFF ALLOW US TO IDENTIFY AREAS OF IMPAIRED WATER QUALITY AND SEEK SOLUTIONS LEADING TO CLEAN WATER AND HEALTHIER CORAL REEFS. STATE AND COUNTY OFFICIALS HAVE WELCOMED THE AVAILABILITY OF SUFFICIENT DATA TO IDENTIFY SOURCES OF LAND-BASED SOURCES OF POLLUTION AND ARE WORKING WITH US TO FIND SOLUTIONS. IN LATE 2018, OUR TEAM BEGAN PREPARATIONS (INCLUDING EQUIPMENT PURCHASES) TO ADD TESTING FOR ENTEROCOCCI BACTERIA AT OUR SOUTH MAUI SITES IN 2019. A GRANT MADE IT POSSIBLE TO PURCHASE AN ELECTRONIC WATER QUALITY PROBE THAT WILL ALLOW US TO EXPAND THE REACH OF OUR WATER QUALITY TESTING, TO MONITOR DEEPER WATER AREAS AND ALONG TRANSECT LINES, AS WELL AS POTENTIALLY IMPROVE EFFICIENCIES IN OUR WATER TESTING EFFORTS.
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2018 – Dec 31, 2018
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $156.9K

  • Program 2 [2018]

    MAUI CORAL REEF RECOVERY PLAN (MCRP) AND THE VISION FOR POHAKEA AND OYSTER PILOT PROJECT: DURING 2018, MNMRC STAFF LAID THE GROUNDWORK FOR AN AMBITIOUS PROJECT TO IMPROVE THE SEVERELY IMPAIRED OCEAN WATER QUALITY IN MA'ALAEA HARBOR AND ADJOINING MA'ALAEA BAY. WE COMMISSIONED AND PAID FOR A STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PLAN, WE CONDUCTED A VOLUNTEER CLEAN-UP OF WAIHEE DITCH IN MA'ALAEA IN DECEMBER OF 2018, REMOVING 60 LARGE BAGS OF HUMAN-GENERATED DEBRIS IN JUST TWO HOURS. THROUGHOUT 2018, OUR STAFF IDENTIFIED, MET WITH AND ENGAGED PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS, BUSINESSES, ASSOCIATIONS, AND STATE AGENCIES TO FORMULATE EFFECTIVE MITIGATION PROJECTS FOR THE POHAKEA WATERSHED. WE ALSO BEGAN PREPARATIONS FOR A PILOT PROJECT TO UTILIZE OYSTERS TO IMPROVE OCEAN WATER QUALITY IN MA'ALAEA HARBOR. WE CONDUCTED A WORKSHOP WITH LOCAL WATER QUALITY AND MARINE LIFE EXPERTS TO IDENTIFY SUITABLE LOCATIONS FOR INSTALLING CAGED OYSTERS. MNMRC PROVIDED FUNDING TO LAUNCH A RESEARCH STUDY BY DR. BOB RICHMOND OF KEWALO MARINE LABORATORY OF THE CORALS IN MA'ALAEA HARBOR THAT ARE SURPRISINGLY RESILIENT, THRIVING DESPITE THE IMPAIRED WATER QUALITY IN THE BAY. THIS STUDY BUILDS UPON RESEARCH OF SIMILAR ULTRA-RESISTANT CORALS AT OLOWALU (OFF MAUI'S WEST COAST) ALSO CONDUCTED BY DR RICHMOND AND HIS TEAM. THESE STUDIES MAY IDENTIFY THE GENETIC STRAINS OF CORALS MOST ABLE TO SURVIVE THE STRESSES OF WARMING OCEAN WATERS AND SEA LEVEL RISE.
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2018 – Dec 31, 2018
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $66.7K

  • Program 3 [2018]

    COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND EDUCATION: TO INCREASE AWARENESS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND MAUI VISITORS, MNMRC MAINTAINED AN ACTIVE PRESENCE ON FACEBOOK, TWITTER AND INSTAGRAM, SHARING REPORTS, ARTICLES, NEWS AND UPDATES ABOUT THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT. WE ALSO PUBLICIZED OUR PROGRAMS AND CONSERVATION EFFORTS THROUGH NEWS RELEASES, EVENT CALENDAR NOTIFICATIONS AND MULTIPLE APPEARANCES BY OUR STAFF ON MAUI AND STATEWIDE RADIO STATIONS, ALONG WITH A MONTHLY E-NEWSLETTER TO MORE THAN 800 SUBSCRIBERS. MNMRC HELD WELL-PUBLICIZED MONTHLY MEETINGS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AT WHICH 12 SPEAKERS ADDRESSED CURRENT TOPICS OF CONCERN ABOUT MAUI COUNTY'S CORAL REEFS AND NEARSHORE MARINE ENVIRONMENT.DURING 2018, MNMRC WAS PROUD TO CONTINUE OUR SUPPORT OF MAUI NUI'S SIX COMMUNITY MANAGED MAKAI AREAS (CMMA'S), A COMMUNITY-CENTERED APPROACH TO PROTECTING MARINE RESOURCES BASED ON TRADITIONAL HAWAIIAN MANAGEMENT PRACTICES. MNMRC STAFF ALSO WORKED TO INFORM THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE ADVERSE IMPACTS OF SUNSCREENS CONTAINING OXYBENZONE AND OCTINOXATE ON MAUI'S CORAL REEFS. WE ALSO OBTAINED GRANT FUNDING TO INSTALL CORAL REEF INFORMATION SIGNS AT POPULAR BEACHES AND SNORKEL SPOTS ON MAUI IN 2019, AS WELL AS AT MAUI'S PRIMARY AIRPORT, KAHULUI AIRPORT.
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2018 – Dec 31, 2018
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $27.6K