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Committee forwards $1.9 million NOAA grant to restore Puapuaʻaʻiki shoreline
Summary
The Hawaii County Committee on Finance voted to forward a resolution that would allow the county to accept $1,901,521 from NOAA to restore about 11.5 acres at Puapuaʻaʻiki in North Kona.
The Hawaii County Committee on Finance on Oct. 20 voted to forward to full council a resolution authorizing the mayor to accept $1,901,521 from the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for the ʻIki Habitat Restoration Project to restore about 11.5 acres of deforested land at Puapuaʻaʻiki in North Kona.
"This is from prior, it began in the prior administration. There's been a lot of background, coordination with community members as well as, well, the Neale descendants as well as cultural representatives, from the area," Laura Ocasio, administrator for the Office of Sustainability, Climate, Equity and Resilience, said in introducing the grant to…
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