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There are
many landowner assistance programs available in Hawai'i for landowners willing
to protect their forest, wildlife & watershed resources. Below is a summary
of a few key programs offered through the Hawaii Division of Forestry &
Wildlife.
 Detailed Table of Assistance
Programs
Forest Stewardship provides technical and
financial assistance to owners of nonindustrial private forest land. The purpose
of this program is to assist non-industrial private forest landowners to more
actively manage their forest and related resources, and to increase the economic
and environmental benefits of these lands. (Cost-Share is 50/50; assistance
averages >$10,000/year for 10 yrs). Contact Sheri Mann: (808)
587-4172
Forest Land Enhancement Program
(FLEP) Provides educational, technical, and financial assistance to help
private forest landowners implement their sustainable forestry management
objectives. Also funds educational projects, which are not restricted to
landowners, as are Stewardship projects. Minor cost-share funding is available
(Cost-share 75/25; <$10,000 per year). Contact Sheri Mann: (808)
587-4172
Forest Legacy Protects
private forestlands from being converted to non-forest uses. This program
provides willing private landowners the opportunity to sell fee simple property,
or conservation easement use-rights on their land to the State of Hawai'i for
the purpose of preserving or restoring uniquely forested areas. (Cost-Share
75/25) Contact Sheri Mann: (808) 587-4172
Landowner Incentive Program provides funding
and technical assistance to enhance, protect, or restore habitats that benefit
federally listed, proposed, or candidate species, or other at-risk species on
private lands. Contact DOFAW: (808) 587-0166
Safe Harbor Agreements encourages
proactive natural resource management to benefit endangered and threatened
species. Provides regulatory assurances that future property-use restrictions
will not be imposed if those efforts attract endangered or threatened species to
their enrolled property or result in increased numbers or distributions of
listed species already present. Contact DOFAW: (808)
587-0166
Watershed
Partnership Program provides state funds to voluntary alliances
of public and private landowners committed to the common value of protecting
large areas of forested watersheds for water recharge and other values.
Funds benefit co-operative projects that protect land for watershed
conservation. Contact
Randy Kennedy: (808) 587-0054
Natural Area Partnership Program provides state funds for the
management of private lands that are dedicated to conservation.
This program can support a full
range of management activities to protect, restore or enhance significant native
resources or geological features. The program can also help provide funding for
the development of long-range management plans. Contact Randy Kennedy (808)
587-0054
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Related resources
Forest Stewardship
Forest Legacy
Landowner Incentive
Program
Safe Harbor
Agreements
Watershed Partnership
Program
Division of Forestry &
Wildlife
Department of
Land & Natural Resources
State of Hawaii
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