Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 26, Number 11, 1 November 2009 — Federal funding to protect native plants [ARTICLE]
Federal funding to protect native plants
Three programs to save native plants from invasive species will receive $220,000 from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. On Moloka'i, the Moloka'i Land Trust will restore 20 acres of coastal plant habitat at Anapuka on the north shore, and workers will be hired to remove kiawe from the coastal dunes between 'īlio and Mo'omomi. On Maui, the Maui Coastal Land Trust will replace fencing along Nu'u Wetland's south side, a nesting habitat for ae'o and 'alae ke'oke'o that is also used by nēnē and koloa. On Kaua'i, Garden Island Resource Conservation and Development will produce native plant seeds that will be used to vegetate 285 acres on
Lehua, off the coast of Ni'ihau.