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Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge
Comprehensive Conservation Plan
Objectives CCP Action
8.1: Increase Identification,
Monitoring, Protection, and
Restoration of all Cultural Resources
and Historic Sites, while Increasing
Staff and Public Support and
Appreciation
2.3 Goals, Objectives, and Strategies
Evaluate known/potential Refuge cultural resources and
historic sites, develop guidelines for cultural activities,
identify cultural practitioners to develop understanding of
cultural/historic sites at the Refuge, develop interpretive
programming and products relative to cultural and historic
sites in partnership with Native Hawaiian groups; conduct
comprehensive cultural resources investigation of both units.
Goals and objectives are the unifying elements of successful refuge management. They identify and
focus management priorities, resolve issues, and link to refuge purposes, Service policy, and the
Refuge System mission.
A CCP describes management actions that help bring a refuge closer to its vision. A vision broadly
reflects the refuge purposes, the Refuge System mission and goals, other statutory requirements, and
larger-scale plans as appropriate. Goals then define general targets in support of the vision, followed
by objectives that direct effort into incremental and measurable steps toward achieving those goals.
Finally, strategies identify specific tools and actions to accomplish objectives.
The goals for the Hakalau Forest NWR over the lifetime of the CCP (15 years) are presented on the
following pages. Each goal is followed by the objective(s) that pertain to that goal. The goal order
does not imply any priority in this CCP. Each objective will be implemented over the life of the plan
subject to funding, unless otherwise stated. Below each objective are the management strategies that
could be employed in order to accomplish it. Following the goals, objectives, and strategies is a brief
rationale intended to provide further background information pertaining to the importance of an
objective relative to legal mandates for managing units of the Refuge System including refuge
purpose, trust resource responsibilities (federally listed threatened and endangered species and
migratory birds), and maintaining/restoring biological integrity, diversity, and environmental health.
The rationale also describes how management strategies are used to achieve objectives.
Habitat management goals and objectives have been developed separately for the two units of
Hakalau Forest NWR. Although the habitats at each Refuge unit are similar, they are in different
conditions. The Kona Forest Unit (KFU) contains unique lava tube and lava tube skylight habitats;
whereas the Hakalau Forest Unit (HFU) contains stream habitats that are not present at the KFU.
Restoration strategies for each unit will be somewhat different based upon these contrasting features.
Description of the implementation and monitoring of the CCP can be found in Appendix C. Note that
implementation timetables in this chapter as well as Appendix C are dependent upon available
funding.
Chapter 2. Refuge Management Direction 2-12