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Chapter
5. Social S an nd Economic
Ennvironmment
5.1 Refuge R In nfrastruc cture and d Adminiistrative
FFacilitiess
5.1.1 Hakalau H Forest
Unit t
Facilities consolidated d at the HFU U administrati ive site includde
a bunkhouuse
for overnnight
staff woork,
volunteer r (Figure 5-1) ) and research
guest cabin ns, a power ssupply
buildinng,
a garage, , greenhouse,
various st torage sheds, , a weather st tation, and an n equipment storage buildding.
Power is generated from
a combined
photovolt taic battery an nd generator r system and distributed bby
undergrouund
power linnes
to
the variou us cabins and d structures. Water W is prov vided by catcchment
systeems
that feed rainwater froom
building roofs r into holding
tanks. It I is pumped to various sttructures
afteer
being treatted
by ultraviiolet
and sedim ment filters. The T catchmen nt system hol lds up to 80,0000
gallons oof
water for ddrinking,
othher
residentia al and greenh house use, as well as fire suppression. s The Universsity
of Hawaii‘i
(UH)
maintains s and operate es a field stati ion on Refug ge land at thee
administratiion
site to suupport
researcch
on
the Refug ge under a Memorandum
M
of Agreemen nt. The UH ffacility
consissts
of a largee
building witth
quarters, laboratory, and a classroom m space.
At the Pu ua ‘Ākala area
of HFU, fa acilities inclu ude the Pua ‘ĀĀkala
Cabin, , which has bbeen
nominatted
for inclus sion on the National N Register
of Histor ric Places, a tack shed neear
the cabin, and Pua ‘Ākkala
Barn. U.S S. Geological l Survey operates
a weath her station unnder
as SUP. In addition, UH maintainns
a
rain shelt ter at 6,200 ft t elevation fo or field worke ers. Facilitiess
located in oother
areas off
the HFU innclude
the Nauhi i Cabin and storage s build ding and the Maulua M Cabinn.
The U.S. Forest Serviice
(USFS) hhas
a
weather station s in Mid ddle Honohin na under an SUP. S
There are e 40 miles (m mi) of dirt and d gravel road ds and 0.67 mmi
of access eeasements
wiithin
the HFUU.
Several access a gates are a located on n the perimet ter fence as wwell
as internnal
fences forr
managemennt
purposes. . The HFU ha as 45 mi of ungulate-proo
u of fence and 14 mi of firee
(fuel) breakk
on the west and
part of the
north/south h boundary (F Figure 5-2).
Figure 5-1. 5 Hakalau
Forest volunteer
cabin.
Chapter 5. Social and Ec conomic Enviro onment
Hakalau H Forest National Wilddlife
Refuge
Comprehens sive Conservatiion
Plan
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