Kohala Watershed Partnership

Partners Parker Ranch Kahuä Ranch Ponoholo Ranch Kamehameha Schools Queen Emma Foundation Surety Kohala Corporation Laupahoehoe Nui, LLC Hawai‘i Department of Land and Natural Resources Department of Hawaiian Home Lands Hawai‘i County Department of Water Supply The Nature Conservancy

32,000 acres

The Kohala Watershed Partnership (KWP) brings together major landowners on Kohala Mountain to protect the water resources, watershed functions, and the natural and cultural resources of the forested watershed. Efforts to protect vital watershed values began to coalesce when a group of government and private landowners signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in August 2003, officially forming the Kohala Watershed Partnership. By signing this MOU, partners committed to work collaboratively to protect the Kohala Mountain watershed, despite differences in priorities, mandates, and constituencies.

Kohala Watershed Partnership
DOFAW
19 E. Kawili St.
Hilo, HI 96720
Contact: Melora Purell, Coordinator
Ph: (808) 333 0976
Fax: (808) 974 4226
Email:Melora@purells.net