Taking better care of the ‘āina: Pelekane Watershed improvements to mitigate ecological degradation
February 2, 2021 (West Hawaii Today)—A two-year effort to protect and improve water quality and ecosystem health in the Pelekane Watershed was recently completed by The Kohala Center.
The Kohala Center, an independent nonprofit organization based in Waimea, helped to implement a rotational and targeted grazing program to support erosion control in the watershed through the state Department of Health’s Polluted Runoff Control 319 Program in partnership with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the state Department of Land and Natural Resources.