Using Targeted Cattle Grazing To Reduce Wildfire Risk In Hawaiʻi: Stakeholder Values And Public Support
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2020
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University of Hawaii at Manoa
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The establishment of flammable invasive grasses in Hawaiʻi promotes fire and replaces native forest. Targeted livestock grazing provides a potential tool to reduce fire risk at large scales, although implementation of cattle grazing to reduce invasive grass biomass has not occurred. A paniolo (Hawaiian cowboy) heritage that includes cattle grazing in Hawaiʻi has existed for two centuries, which has contributed to forest degradation. Puʻu Waʻawaʻa Forest Reserve on Hawai’i Island contains one of the State’s largest remnants of native dry forests in Hawai’i and is threatened by invasive grasses that promote fire. This study 1) examines the role and challenges of grazing associated with dry forest management in Hawaiʻi using Puʻu Waʻawaʻa as a case study; 2) investigates stakeholder values and potential conflicts regarding fire management at Puʻu Waʻawaʻa and the cattle grazing that occurs there now; and 3) assesses stakeholder support for specific dry forest management strategies. Stakeholders that support forest conservation do not support the use of cattle grazing for fire control, while other stakeholders do not appear to be unified in their opposition or support of cattle grazing for fire management. This strong opposition by one group of stakeholders must be addressed for cattle grazing to be implemented as a fire management strategy in Hawaiʻi.
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Conservation biology, Agriculture
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