Tools
Guides
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Building a Rain Garden to Filter Stormwater
Building a rain garden can be an effective, low-cost tool to prevent stormwater from reaching our streams and the ocean. While this document outlines how to build a new rain…
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Best Practices for Prevention Pollution When Backwashing Pools & Hot Tubs
Water discharged from swimming pools and hot tubs may contain elevated levels of the disinfectant chemicals chlorine or bromine. When these chemicals travel from pools to the ocean, they are…
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Reducing Runoff with Pervious Pavement
Every time a house is built or a parking lot is paved, more impervious surface is created. Permeable pavement allows stormwater to drain and safely sink into the ground instead…
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Stormwater Treatment the Natural Way
Low Impact Design (LID) and Development is an environmentally-friendly approach to managing stormwater and protecting Hawai‘i’s coral reefs. This overview is intended to provide a practical introduction to LID principles and describe their specific…
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Hawai’i Native Plant Guide
Native plant vegetation along stream gulches is crucial to prevent sediment from fallow agricultural fields and dirt roads from washing down in stormwater and building up on Hawai’i’s coral reefs.…
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Restoring Watershed and Coral Reef Health in Hawai’i by Reducing Sediment Transport from Dirt Roads Into Streams
Designed for road maintenance crews and land managers, this guide outlines some of the best options for retrofitting a dirt road and simultaneously protecting the marine environment. It sets forth…
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Fisheries Monitoring Protocol
In this Spanish-language paper, we seek to describe fisheries monitoring programs and detail the necessary procedures to carry them out. Our hope is that this can serve as a basis…
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How to Build a Rain Garden to Filter Stormwater
Building a rain garden can be an effective, low-cost tool to reduce stormwater pollution reaching our streams and the ocean. This guide outlines how to build a new rain garden,…