Natural Inventory and Assessment
Inventory and Assessment of instream and riparian natural resources; including estuary and bay.
Project Status: Completed 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
Plan of Action:
Develop scope of work
Establish GIS program
Compile existing data
Identify data gaps
Vegetative cover survey
Native/alien species survey
Accomplishments:
1999 HWH established GIS
2/2000 CRAMP/Alan Friedlander- bay data
8/2000 HWH LTEMP project begins (ongoing)
1/2001 NRCS hosts Hawaii Stream Visual Assessment Protocol training in Hanalei River
2003-04 HWH participates in KISC quarterly meetings
6/2003 Coral Larval recruitment study
4/2004 Hanalei hosts Federal Condel on invasive species
6/2004 Coral Larval recruitment study
6/2004 Friendlander Study developed
Summer 2004 USGS BRD to begin vegetation cover survey in upper watershed