Some of the work done at the Kealia Pond NWR after the Waiko wildfire in 2019:
The Central Maui Wildfire burned across much of the Keālia Pond National Wildlife Refuge in Hawai'i in 2019. The wildfire burned through an area dominated by invasive vegetation, such as trees, grasses and brush species. Burned Area Rehabilitation (BAR) project funds were used to clear the remaining invasive woody vegetation to create a suitable planting environment and treat invasive plant species with herbicide. Since the rehabilitation efforts have begun, planting of native vegetation is occurring at a rate of about 500 plants per week.
Non-native pigs and deer in the area have high potential to damage or kill the native plants that have been planted by the Central Maui BAR project. Animal damage control has been implemented on the burned area by rebuilding a deer-proof fence that was damaged by the wildfire, accompanied with the removal of invasive deer and pigs from the area.
This BAR project is setting a trajectory to transform 84 acres of burned refuge lands into a restored, fire and drought resistant habitat dominated by native Hawaiian plant species.
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