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Kahoolawe updates: restoration grants, plantings and ocean surveys reported
Summary
Commission staff reported multiple grants and restoration milestones — a DOH clean‑water watershed grant supporting ~22,000 plants across 45 acres (~$816,000 total), a County Greens grant that exceeded planting targets (13,070 plants), and ocean surveys under an IMLS grant documenting unusually high jack sightings in November.
Commission staff and project representatives briefed commissioners on ongoing restoration and ocean monitoring projects, including recently awarded grants and on‑the‑ground results.
A project representative said propagation setbacks have reduced Kapalupalo stock to 15 thriving plants across partner nurseries and that 14 tissue‑culture plants are held at Lyon Arboretum. The commission reported a new Department of Health Clean Water Branch grant (award announced 12/15/2025) that will fund a three‑year resource specialist and support planting roughly…
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