Hanalei Watershed Action Plan

Natural Inventory and Assessment

Project Description: 

Inventory and Assessment of instream and riparian natural resources; including estuary and bay.

Project Status: 
Active Project
Funding Status: 
Funded
Priority: 
Med
Project Lead: 
Division of Aquatic Resources
Hanalei WaterShed Hui
Sea Grant
Univerisity of Hawaii
US Geological Survey Biological Resources Division
Partners: 
Kauai Invasive Species Committee
Natural Resources Conservation Service
US Geological Survey
Accomplishments : 
  • 1999 HWH established GIS
  • 2/00 CRAMP/Alan Friedlander- bay data
  • 8/00 HWH LTEMP project begins (ongoing)
  • 1/01 NRCS hosts Hawaii Stream Visual Assessment Protocol training in Hanalei River
  • 2003-04 HWH participates in KISC quarterly meetings
  • 6/03 Coral Larval recruitment study
  • 4/04 Hanalei hosts Federal Condel on invasive species
  • 6/04 Coral Larval recruitment study
  • 6/04 Friendlander Study developed
  • summer 2004 USGS BRD to begin vegetation cover survey in upper watershed
Plan of Action: 
  • Develop scope of work
  • Establish GIS program
  • Compile existing data
  • Identify data gaps
  • Vegetative cover survey
  • Native/alien species survey