Efforts to educate people and federal agencies to protect the Kawaihae Coral Reef ecosystem. The harbor is a critical habitat for critically endangered hawksbill turtles. About thirty percent of the hawksbills observed were entangled by fishing lines or hooks.
Harbor Improvements
| Task | Date | Contacts | Media | Regarding | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State Rep | multiple times | David Tarnas | meeting/ emails | no follow up/no response | |
| EPA Criminal Violation Report Submitted | 10/2023 | Emily Weaver, Hudson Slay | phone/ emails | on going | |
| Public Outreach | on going | blog posts/videos/flyers | on going | ||
| NGOs Outreach | on going | Chuck Flaherty | emails | on going | |
| NGOs Outreach | 09/2023 | The Nature Conservancy/lauren.kurpita@tnc.org | on going | ||
| Legal/Attorney | 11/2023 | Earth Justice | on going | ||
| Media Outreach | 11/2023 | CNN | no response | ||
| Media Outreach | 08/2023 | The Atlantic | no response | ||
| MO | 08.2023 | Vox | no response | ||
| MO | 07/2023, 11/2023, 12/2023 | Civil Beat/Paula Dobbyn | phone/ emails | ongoing/ interviewed | |
| Old Aerials to Google Maps | 11/2023 | photos | done | ||
| Contact US Senators | 11/25/2023 03/10/2024 | Brian Schatz | Letter/web contact portal | letter sent/web submitted-no response | |
| Contact US Secretaries | Pete Buttigieg/DOT | Letter | |||
| USACE | 11/28/2023 | Jen Martin /Vera Koselko | emails | on going | |
| NOAA | 11/28/2023 | Malia Chow /David Delaney | emails | ||
| NOAA/CRCP | 10/18/2024 10/30/2024 | Paulo Maurin/ Caroline Donovan | emails | on going | |
| NOAA/CRCP | 10/31/2024 | web portal | submitted comments | draft national coral reef resilience strategy | https://kawaihaereef.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/khaereef-NOAA-comments.pdf |
| NOAA/FISHERIES/STRC | 10/9/2024 | Alexander Gaos/Irene Kelly | emails | on going | |
| USFWS | 11/28/2023 | Dan Polhemus | |||
| USGS/NOAA/DLNR/DAR | 12/27-28/2023 | multiple | emails | mapping/ reef certification | on going |
| DLNR/DAR | 12/28/23 | Brian Neilson | emails | reef certification | on going |
| Education Video 1 | 2/14/24 | video/youTube | values of Kawaihae Reef | posted |
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