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Comprehensive Conservation Plan - A multi-year planning process has begun to develop a Comprehensive Conservation Plan (CCP) and Environmental Assessment (EA) for Keālia Pond and Kakahai'a National Wildlife Refuges. As part of the National Wildlife Refuge System, Refuges are required to have a CCP in place to guide the management of fish, wildlife, plants, habitats and public uses for a period of 15 years.

For updates on the CCP, please click the links below:

Planning Updates

Planning Update 5 (pdf 3MB) announces the completion of the CCP (January 2012)

Planning Update 4 (pdf 2.23MB) announces the Refuges’ Draft CCP/EAs are available for public comment (August 2011)

Planning Update 3 (pdf 10.32MB) provides an overview of management alternatives. (March 2011)

Planning Update 2 (pdf 1.15MB) summarizes the comments received, and lists primary management issues that will be used to draft management alternatives and refine draft goals and objectives. (February 2010)

Planning Update 1 (pdf 1.22MB) announces Public Open House Meetings on November 4, 2009, in Kaunakakai, and November 5, 2009, in Kīhei. It also provides an overview of the refuges, and includes a list of potential refuge management issues we may consider during the CCP planning process. (October 2009)

 

Final Comprehensive Conservation Plan (pdf 10.32MB) (January 2012) The Comprehensive Conservation Plan is a large file. If you are having difficulty viewing the files in your browser, right click on the file and choose "save target as" - this allows you to save the file to your hard drive for easier viewing. You may also download individual chapters.

FONSI (pdf 174KB)

Table of Contents (pdf 117KB)

Readers' Guide (pdf 2.40MB)

Chapter 1 - Introduction (pdf 1.51MB)

Chapter 2 - Refuge Management Direction (pdf 754KB)

Chapter 3 - Physical Environment (pdf 602KB)

Chapter 4 - Refuge Biology and Habitat (pdf 1.36MB)

Chapter 5 - Refuge Facilities and Public Use Programs (pdf 436KB)

Chapter 6 - Cultural Resources, Social, and Economic  Environment (pdf 282KB)

Appendix A - Kakahai'a NWR Species Lists (pdf 229KB)

Appendix B - Compatibility Determinations and Appropriate Use Findings (pdf 452KB)

Appendix C - Plan Implementation and Costs (pdf 172KB)

Appendix D - Wilderness Review for Kakahai'a National Wildlife Refuge (pdf 123KB)

Appendix E - Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Program (pdf 477KB)

Appendix F - Wildland Fire Management Plan (1.26MB)

Appendix G - Statement of Compliance (131KB)

Appendix H - Common Acronyms and Abbreviations (63KB)

Appendix I - Literature Cited (133KB)

Appendix J - Planning Team Members (130KB)

Appendix K - Public Comments and Service Responses (265KB)

Draft Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental Assessment (pdf 11.7MB) (August 2011)

News Releases

News Release - Keālia Pond and Kakahai‘a National Wildlife Refuges Seek Comments on Draft Comprehensive Conservation Plans (August 2011)

News Release - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Initiates Comprehensive Conservation Plan for Two Maui Nui National Wildlife Refuges (October 2009)

Federal Register Notices

Federal Register Notice - Notice of Intent to Prepare a Comprehensive Conservation Plan

Send Comments to:
Glynnis Nakai, Refuge Manager
Maui National Wildlife Refuge Complex
P.O. Box 1042
Kihei, Hawai'i 96753
Phone: (808) 875-1582
Fax: (808) 875-2945
E-mail: glynnis_nakai@fws.gov