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MO’OMOMI NATIVE PLANTS

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Pacific American Foundation

Hui Malama o Mo’omomi

Mo’omomi – Then and Now

Mo’omomi – Then and Now

Phase 1 – One Acre Garden

• Install Irrigation

• Build Windbreak

• Remove Kiawe

• Nursery

• Planting

• Weeding and Maintenance

• Monitoring

Irrigation

Windbreak

Remove Kiawe

Nursery

Planting

Weeding and Maintenance

Monitoring

Results

Results

Results

Results

Results

Results

Results

Related Project – Erosion Control Along Old Access Road

Phase 2 – Barriers

• Construct Vehicle Barriers to Protect Native Strand East of Windbreak

• Improve a 4 Wheel Track to Serve as Main Road

• Monitor East of Windbreak to Anahake

Barriers

Barriers

Phase 2 – Monitoring

• To Better Understand Micro-Habitats– Ground material (sand, soil, etc.)– Tolerance to drought

• To Better Understand Competitive Strategies of Species

• To Better Understand Life Cycles– Are native strand species perennial or

longer-lived?

Phase 2 Resource Needs

• Additional manpower for barrier work

• Additional equipment for barrier work

• Ecological monitoring, documentation