Efforts underway to improve Pelekāne Bay water quality
WAIMEA, HAWAI‘I ISLAND, Hawai‘i—April 3, 2019—One of Hawai‘i’s most degraded watersheds is receiving some much-needed attention.
The Hawai‘i State Department of Health (DOH), through their Polluted Runoff Control Program and in partnership with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, is helping restore watersheds in the state and supporting the implementation of polluted runoff control projects in key watersheds. DOH is collaborating with the State’s Department of Land and Natural Resource (DLNR) and Hawai‘i Island-based The Kohala Center to implement a rotational and targeted grazing program to support erosion control in the Pelekāne Bay watershed, in which a majority of the land is privately owned and used for cattle grazing.