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The County of Maui Department of ʻŌiwi Resources is currently working with Group 70 International, Inc. (G70) to develop the Lahaina Royal Complex Master Plan. The project scope includes hydrology and water policy; wildfire resiliency and risk planning; biological and ecological assessment; cultural landscape architecture; community engagement protocol; transportation circulation planning; topographical survey; cultural and archaeological studies; soils and geotechnical studies; and boundary mapping.
Provide your comments on the draft Action Plan online, by mail or in-person at the Lahaina Resource Center or Kāko‘o Maui Relief & Aid Services Center.
Wildfire likelihood in Maui County
This project is key to reducing wildfire risk for Lahaina in the future. The grasslands around Lahaina pose a fire risk to the town, and a multiagency approach is needed to establish a green break and/or fire break at the Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) around the town. While holistic reforestation, agroforestry and ungulate grazing plans on private lands can reduce fire risk for the town, those efforts take time, and an immediate need is to protect the town. Community Wildfire Protection Plans (CWPPs) outline specific actions to take to protect a community from future wildfires and are a prerequisite for some federal funding opportunities for wildfire protection projects. The current West Maui CWPP, Upcountry CWPP and South Maui CWPP identify and prioritize key place-based actions in need of funding and implementation. CWPPs are typically updated every 10 years, and the West Maui CWPP, Upcountry CWPP and
South Maui CWPP are all due for an update.
This project includes several multidisciplinary actions to reduce and mitigate wildfire risk for the town and increase community resilience and preparedness for future fires, as mentioned in the County’s Hazard Mitigation Plan:
Challenges including funding, cross-coordination among agencies to establish a green break/fire break and long-term maintenance of the green break/fire break, political and community buy-in for new policies, and the identification of leadership for project implementation.
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HWMO received Community Wildfire Defense Grant of $130,309 to update the Upcountry Maui CWPP
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