MO’OMOMI NATIVE PLANTS U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Pacific American Foundation Hui Malama o Mo’omomi
Mo’omomi – Then and Now
Phase 1 – One Acre Garden Install Irrigation Build Windbreak Remove Kiawe Nursery Planting Weeding and Maintenance Monitoring
Irrigation
Windbreak
Remove Kiawe
Nursery
Planting
Weeding and Maintenance
Monitoring
Results
Related Project – Erosion Control Along Old Access Road
Phase 2 – Barriers Construct Vehicle Barriers to Protect Native Strand East of Windbreak Improve a 4 Wheel Track to Serve as Main Road Monitor East of Windbreak to Anahake
Barriers
Phase 2 – Monitoring To Better Understand Micro-Habitats –Ground material (sand, soil, etc.) –Tolerance to drought To Better Understand Competitive Strategies of Species To Better Understand Life Cycles –Are native strand species perennial or longer-lived?
Phase 2 Resource Needs Additional manpower for barrier work Additional equipment for barrier work Ecological monitoring, documentation