PEWA: Place-Based and Effective Wai Monitoring for Adaptive Management
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2023-05
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Communities, managers, and policymakers need to increase knowledge and include local perspectives to make contextually robust decisions, especially within watershed planning and the management of aquatic resources. In 2019, the Commission of Water Resource Management identified that 1) current water resource management practices alienate communities and 2) there is a lack of reliable, long-term data to inform current and future stewardship of Hawaiʻi’s waterways. In response to these issues, the objective of this study was to develop a monitoring toolkit for communities across Hawaiʻi. Place-Based and Effective Wai Monitoring for Adaptive Management (PEWA) is meant to guide actions focused on assessing and monitoring rivers and streams, while also increasing a community’s capacity to contribute to decision-making. The toolkit is a resource to support communities in long-term data collection within a framework that is transferable among users, managers, and policymakers. The toolkit evolved out of a well-established relationship with Nā Maka Onaona, a ʻŌiwi-led non-profit dedicated to ʻĀina Momona (thriving communities of people, place, and natural resources). PEWA was developed in four stages: (1) a review of relevant literature; (2) semi-structured interviews with twelve experienced aquatic researchers and managers (3) a case study of Limahuli Garden and Preserve and Waipā Foundation in Haleleʻa, Kauaʻi; and (4) field tests of low, medium, and high-tech monitoring tools based on cost and perceived effectiveness. The literature review, semi-structured interviews, and case study corroborated the need for a mechanism to close data gaps and equip a community of users. Field tests were conducted to recommend cost-effective monitoring tools in the toolkit. Pearson’s Correlation (r) was used to test the similarity between low and medium-tech tool results with a high-tech tool. An Extech EC400 multiparameter had a very high positive corrleation (r = .89) to a YSI ProQuatro and was statistically significant using a t-test (p<0.05). Several low-tech and medium-tech tools did not pass field testing, though they did detect concerning levels of inorganic nutrients, indicating a need for further testing. PEWA integrates lessons learned from the four pillars of this work and is futher informed by the breadth of observations and time spent in place.
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Includes the 36 page Final Report, a 23 page Presentation titled, "PEWA:Place-Based and Effective Wai Monitoring For Adaptive Management", and a 139 page Stream Monitoring Toolkit titled, "PEWA:Place-Based and Effective Wai Monitoring For Adaptive Management". The toolkit is 28 pages and is accompanied by an Appendix of resources of 111 pages.
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Aquatic Resources--Management, Science--Citizen participation, Stream monitoring, Bioassessment, Stream measurements, Stream measurements--Equipment and supplies, Water quality--Measurement, Community-based monitoring, Collaborative management, Local ecological knowledge
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178 pages
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dissertation or thesis
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Hawaii
Hawaii--Kauai
Hawaii--Kauai
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Moʻokini-Oliveira, P. Puakealahaʻole
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