Department in Action - Land and Natural ResourcesThis week, the American Shore and Beach Preservation Association selected Waikiki's Kuhio Beach as a winner of its 2008 Best Restored Beach Award. Kuhio Beach - `Ewa Basin after the sand replenishment project. In 2006, the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) began a project to replenish 10,000 cubic yards of sand along Kuhio Beach using state-of-the-art offshore sand pumping technologies. DLNR's Office of Conservation and Coastal Lands partnered with community organizations to plan and manage the project to replenish Kuhio Beach and demonstrate the benefits of offshore sand retrieval in Hawai`i for future beach restoration projects. Dolan Eversole, a University of Hawai`i Sea Grant College program coastal geologist praised the successful project, saying, "The Kuhio Beach restoration project continues to serve as a successful demonstration of the local technical capability, cost effectiveness and environmental soundness of using offshore sediment for local beach restoration." State Tourism Liaison Marsha Wienert also played a key role in this project, serving as an advocate for funding and facilitating meetings with tourism industry and community leaders.
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