Sediment of rocks and gravel resulting from years of run offs and most significant flash flood of August 17, 2015 have filled in the center of Pelekane Bay. Dead trees washed out from that flood are now stranded far from shore. Since the construction of the Kawaihae Harbor in late 1950, Pelekane Bay has suffered from sediment build up.… Read more “Pelekane Bay is more shallow January 2017”
wildlife inventory and issues affecting kawaihae coral reef