HMP News

Restoring Kapalua Bay Coastal Ecosystem Simply by Removing a Failed Seawall that had Impounded Native Dune Sands. Kapalua Bay, Award Winning Dr. Leatherman’s Best Beaches in USA, needs to be bumped up one notch to BEST beach in USA due to County of Maui Planning Department -- Kapalua Resort Association & Maui Land and Pineapple Company Inc. public-private partnership to remove a failed seawall and to restore our coastal ecosystem.  Thanks to University of Hawaii Sea Grant Program dune management experts for guiding the project. Additional ecosystem improvements and two new shoreline access paths are included for Kapalua Bay.

Other success stories include:

• Charley Young Beach,
• Kama’ole Beach Park I,
• Three ADA Dune Walkovers in South Maui,
• Stable Road Beach Restoration,
• Special Management Area Revolving Fundestablished by Maui County Council,
• Offshore Sand Studies for regional beachrestoration funded by County Council

The 2020 County of Maui Hazard Mitigation Plan included a mitigation action to acquire generator for critical facilities including the Maui Food Bank. The project received nearly $94,000 of Federal grant funding to implement the mitigation action.

This allows the Maui Food Bank to better serve the needs of vulnerable members the community by continuing to supply fresh food despite power outages.

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Kama’ole Beach Park I Dune Restoration to protect the DEM pump station that will be moved mauka in the future. Top image Kihei Dunes - 06.06.21

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