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Kauai nonprofit describes community hazard mitigation pilot and asks DHHL support
Summary
Ainah Alliance board president Jeremy Mkepwa told the commission about a DHHL grant and multi‑agency pilot to build community resilience in Anahola, including firebreaks, isolation zones, water catchment and community action teams.
Jeremy Mkepwa, board president of Ainah Alliance, told the Hawaiian Homes Commission on May 20 about a multi‑year community hazard mitigation and resilience effort in Anahola that began with wildfire mitigation and has expanded into disaster planning, mapping and community action teams.
Mkepwa said Ainah Alliance used a DHHL grant for a Makai management plan and worked with the Natural Resources Conservation Service to produce conservation maps and…
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