Pūlama Lānaʻi Conservation Benefit Agreement

Pūlama Lānaʻi proposes a conservation benefit agreement for the orangeblack Hawaiian damselfly and other species on the island of Lānaʻi. The agreement also includes the State of Hawaiʻi Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) who agree on conservation actions that they (Pūlama Lānaʻi, DLNR and the Service) will implement and monitor on properties owned by Pūlama Lānaʻi for the orangeblack Hawaiian damselfly, ae‘o, ‘alae ke‘oke‘o, and assimulans yellow-faced bee. The purpose of the agreement is to implement conservation actions that will result in a net conservation benefit for the covered species. This agreement furthers conservation of the covered species by: (1) introducing the damselfly to a conservation area conservation area
A conservation area is a type of national wildlife refuge that consists primarily or entirely of conservation easements on private lands. These conservation easements support private landowner efforts to protect important habitat for fish and wildlife and major migration corridors while helping to keep agricultural lands in production.

Learn more about conservation area on Lānaʻi; (2) memorializing conservation measures that will be taken to provide and maintain a net conservation benefit that furthers the recovery of each of the covered species; (3) describing how the parties will work together to implement shared goals to benefit the covered species and create habitat; and (4) affirming that Pūlama Lānaʻi receives assurances and limited authority to cause purposeful and incidental take of covered species associated with conservation measures and activities in accordance with the terms of this agreement and applicable law.