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CZ M Perf Habitat
CZ M Perf Habitat
CZ M Perf Habitat
NOAA Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, 1305 East West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910 www.coastalmanagement.noaa.gov
• Protect coastal habitat through acquisition and easement
COASTAL HABITAT
Goals:
• Restore coastal habitat
Public Access Between 2008 and 2011 • Remove marine debris from coastal habitats
14,500
acres of degraded
acres of coastal coastal habitat under of marine debris
habitat restoration
educated: trained: $
invested:
450,000 11,000 $54M
people about the importance coastal decision makers $ $ $ $ $ $
of and how to protect coastal to protect and restore
habitat coastal habitats
(federal+match) in coastal habitat
Leveraging an additional
$ =$10 million
$ $ $ $
$40M
=1,000 acres =1million pounds =1,000 people
Spotlight: National CZM Program Lays Foundation for Community Restoration in Hawai`i
Years of agricultural use and encroaching development expertise to support the restoration effort from federal and state
transformed Hoi, once a productive wetland track on the agencies, nongovernmental organizations, and school groups.
island of O`ahu, into a fallow swamp choked by invasive plants. Hundreds of community volunteers also participated in monthly
Recognizing a need to protect the Kāne`ohe Bay and a historical restoration days to remove invasive plants and plant native
community fish pond at the base of the wetlands, in Hawai`i, the species. The National CZM Program-supported master plan has
National CZM Program funded and helped community groups laid a solid foundation for the restoration project and shown
develop a master plan to guide the restoration of over 400 acres how an initial vision can grow into a community-wide effort. For
of wetlands and adjacent uplands. Completed in 2010, the plan additional information, visit www.kakoooiwi.org.
laid out three primary goals: restore the wetland to improve
water quality; educate and involve community members in
Credit: Kako`o `Oiwi