wildlife inventory and issues affecting kawaihae coral reef
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A reef in the Kawaihae Harbor will be destroyed by Hawaii DOT despite laws like Executive Order 13089 Coral Protection. Currently, federal and state agencies are not trying to protect and enhance this reef.
Once, there was a mile-long beach in Kawaihae. Off its shore was the most extensive reef of the Big Island.… Read more “Kawaihae Reef, a fragile resilience video”
This is a short survey of the Kawaihae Reef at inner Kawaihae Harbor. The route is as shown. This survey on 9.7.2023 is to show the coral density and health of this reef. Corals are much more dense and healthier inside than outside the harbor.… Read more “short survey of kawaihae reef inner harbor”
This is a brief history of the Kawaihae Harbor and the many times the Kawaihae Reef was destroyed due to the original placement of the deep draft harbor on top of the Kawaihae Reef.
The harbor construction started in 1959, before Hawaii’s Statehood. Over the years there were a minimum of three more times that the reef was carved up. … Read more “A Brief Visual History of Kawaihae Harbor and The Destructions of the Kawaihae Reef”