If you are a state, federal,
or a non-profit agency, Pono Pacific can assist
you with big or small conservation needs. Our
experience working with several different agencies
and with a variety of ecosystems helps us to
understand the challenges you face and the solutions
that you need. Our experiences include conservation
work in bogs, wetlands, rain forests, dry forests,
mesic forests, costal areas, and off-shore islands.
Listed below are the main services we provide.
Please feel free to contact us should you have
questions or if you desire a service not listed
below.
Conservation
agencies often are challenged by many projects
that cost a lot of their time, energy, and resources.
In order to help alleviate this burden, Pono
Pacific can coordinate and execute conservation-related
projects. In addition, for specialty items, Pono
Pacific works with a variety of companies that
are the best in their field. This ensures that
the project at hand will be completed with the
utmost quality. Additionally, Pono Pacific looks
for the best priced companies locally in Hawaii
which ensures a good cost to you, good quality,
and no more struggling with research, bidding,
or vendor purchase orders.
Pono
Pacific works with specialists in several fields
including geology, archeology, botany, wildlife
biology, and more. In order to help you get your
project accomplished, we can assist you in developing
and creating:
• Management Plans
• Grant Writing
• Environmental Assessments
• Surveying
• Geographic Information Systems (GIS) projects
Invasive
species are one the greatest problems for Hawaii’s
ecosystems and many conservation agencies. They
are not only costly to the lands that you manage,
but also to your resources (manpower,
time, energy, and money).
Pono Pacific understands the destructive nature of invasive species and the
problems they can pose to many natural resource managers. Our services can
help suppress or eradicate them (when possible) from
your lands. We use a variety of methods including manual removal, removal with
power tools, and herbicide application. Removal of vegetation offsite through
chipping and/or other means can also be provided.
Pono
Pacific provides trail maintenance services including
trail building, light or heavy vegetation clearing,
and fallen tree removal. In addition, Pono Pacific
can widen eroded trails, install erosion control
mechanisms, and much more.
Pono Pacific can set-up
and monitor poison stations, snap traps, and
live traps. Pono Pacific can also assist in bird
and nest monitoring, data collection, report
writing, and data interpretation.
Exclosure & Fence Building: Pono Pacific will design and build predator
fences and exclosures to protect against feral ungulates.
Pono Pacific is licensed
as a commercial restricted pesticide applicator
by the State of Hawaii, Department of Agriculture.
A variety of herbicide application methods can
be used that are both effective and safe for
your land.
Collecting data in the back
country can often be difficult, costly, and takes
away time from your staff that could be directed
towards other tasks.
Pono Pacific can assist in surveys, transects, GPS data collection, species
monitoring, and other like services. We are also knowledgeable in GIS. Pono
Pacific can also produce reports of compiled data for your agencies needs.
Pono
Pacific can help to construct water catchment
units to collect rain water and install irrigation
lines to provide proper water feeds to planting
areas.
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