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E makepono ana nā papahana loko iʻa ma o ka pae ʻāina i ka ʻenehana ana i haku ʻia no ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻia ʻana o nā loko iʻa i ka hoʻohuli aniau. 

, na lākou e hoʻohana nei i ka ʻenehana ana kūikawā i nā hana ma kēlā me kēia lā a nā papahana mālama loko iʻa he 30 ma Oʻahu a me ko Maui kalana. 

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Ua hui pū nā hui ʻekolu — ʻo Purple Maiʻa Foundation, ʻo Kuaʻāina Ulu ʻAuamo, a me Hohonu — no ka papahana he $400,000 i ʻāpono ʻia e ka ʻAhaʻōlelo lāhui. 

E hōʻike ana ka ʻikepili i ka ʻike kahua no nā kiaʻi loko iʻa e nānā aku ai no ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻia ʻana o kā lākou hana i ke kūlana ponoʻī o kēlā me kēia loko ʻia, e laʻa me ke kālele ʻana i nā iʻa pūpū, nā limu, a i ʻole ka mahi iʻa ʻana. 

Volunteers for the Paepae O He'eia non-profit organization collect invasive limu seaweed from inside He'eia fishpond walls on Saturday, March 23, 2019.  The restoration of the He'eia fishpond for the past 15 years would not have been possible without the help of countless volunteers who turn out once a month on community workdays. (CivilBeat photo Ronen Zilberman)
Kaukaʻi nā loko iʻa e laʻa me Paepae O Heʻeia i nā hoa kākoʻo a me kā lākou hana ʻana i ka hoʻōla ʻana. Ma o ka wānana ʻana, hiki ke hōʻoi ʻia ka palekana a me ka mikimiki o kā lākou hana. (Ronen Zilberman/Civil Beat/2019)

Kālele nā pae mua i ka lawelawe ʻana i ke kaiāulu mālama loko iʻa a me ko lākou pono ʻikepili, e laʻa me ka pae o ka wai a me ka mōakāka o ka wai, wahi a Keaʻa Davis no Purple Maiʻa. 

ʻO Davis, ʻo ia ka luna haku huahana no ka hui hoʻonaʻauao kumuloaʻa ʻole, a wahi āna, e kaukaʻi nui ana ka papahana i ka hana pū ʻana me ke kaiāulu loko iʻa, no ka mea, i hiki ke nānā ʻia e ke kaiāulu. 

ʻO ia nō ke kumu o ka hana pū ʻana me , he ʻohina o nā hui ʻōiwi, e laʻa me nā papahana loko iʻa kuʻuna he 40, no ka ʻimi ʻana i ka ʻike pili i pono ai nā kaiāulu a me ke ʻano a lākou e hoʻohana aku ai i ia ʻikepili. 

Ua haku ʻia ka ʻenehana ana ʻilikai e Hohonu, ʻo ia hoʻi kekahi hui hana na ke Kulanui o Ჹɲʻ, no ka hāʻawi ʻia ʻana o kēia ʻenehana pipiʻi loa i ke kaiāulu kamaʻāina. Ua hoʻohana nui ʻia ka ʻenehana ana ma ke Kapakai Hikina o ʻAmelika no ka wānana ʻana i nā wai hālana. 

“He kaʻina hana ko kēia mau kiaʻi no ka nānā ʻana a me ka mālama ʻana i kēia mau wahi a lākou e kiaʻi aku nei,” wahi a Davis. “ʻO kēia nō kekahi pono hana ʻē aʻe ma ko lākou pahu pono hana.” 

ʻO nā loko iʻa, he māhele koʻikoʻi nō ia o ka ʻōnaehana ahupuaʻa, ʻo ia nō ka mea a nā Kānaka Maoli i hana aku ai ma ka ʻāina mai uka a i kai. He 500 loko iʻa o ka pae ʻāina ma mua o ka hōʻea ʻana mai o nā haole, a ua ola nā kaiāulu holoʻokoʻa i kēia mau loko iʻa, a liʻuliʻu, ua waiho wale a hulikua ʻia nō ua mau loko iʻa nei. 

Ma ka noʻonoʻo kuʻuna, hōʻili ʻia ka ʻike ma o nā hanauna o nā kānaka e noho kokoke ana i ka loko iʻa, ʻo ia hoʻi nā hoa makamaka o ia loko iʻa. 

ʻO Brenda Asuncion, ʻo ia nō ka luna hoʻonohonoho no Hui Mālama Loko Iʻa ma lalo o KUA, a wahi āna, hiki i ka ʻenehana ana ke hoʻowikiwiki i ke aʻo hou ʻia ʻana o ka mālama loko iʻa kuʻuna e nā kiaʻi. 

Eia ʻo Dr. Brian Glazer ke hana aku nei me kekahi ʻenehana ana ma ka loko iʻa ʻo Waikalua. ʻO ia nō ka CEO o Hohonu, a he hope polopeka ʻo ia ma ke Kulanui o Ჹɲʻ. 

“Ua ʻike leʻa nō nā kānaka loko iʻa he nui, ke hoʻokamaʻāina hou mai nei lākou i kēia mau ʻāina a me kēia mau ʻōnaehana,” wahi a Asuncion. “ʻIke ka poʻe nāna e hana ana i kēia ʻano hana, he mau ālaina ko lākou ma muli o ka ʻike ʻole ʻana i ka mālama kuʻuna ʻana a me ke koʻikoʻi o nā loko iʻa i ko kākou ʻāina.”

ʻOiai, ua uku ʻia kēia papahana e ka ʻAhaʻōlelo lāhui a me ka National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, no laila, he hōʻailona nō paha ia no ka hulihia, wahi a Asuncion. 

ʻO Brian Glazer, ʻo ia ka CEO o Hohonu a he hope polopeka ʻo ia ma UH, a wahi āna, e kūlia ana ka papahana i ka hoʻopili ʻana i ka ʻike kupuna i pili i ka mālama loko iʻa ʻana. 

“Na nā Kānaka Maoli i hana akula me ka pololei i 400 mau makahiki aku nei,” wahi a Glazer. “He pono ko kākou lawe ʻana mai i kēlā ʻike i ka pono o ke ahupuaʻa me he lama a he laʻana lā.”

ʻĀnō, pono i nā kiaʻi loko iʻa ke noʻonoʻo i ka hopena o nā kūlana kai paʻa ʻole a me nā anilā ʻano ʻē. 

ʻŌlelo aku ʻo Glazer, ʻo ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka ʻenehana ana, ua like nō ke kakaʻikahi o ia ʻenehana me “nā Mars Rovers,” akā i kēia manawa, hiki nō ke hoʻohana ʻia, a ʻo ka mau akula nō ia o kēia mau loko iʻa me he kumu meaʻai lā no nā makahiki he nui.

Mahuʻi ʻia, e pau ana ka papahana ma ka hopena o Malaki, ʻo ia nō ka wā e hoʻokomo ʻia ai nā ʻenehana ana i kēlā me kēia loko iʻa. 

Uku hapa ʻia ʻo “Hawaii Grown” e nā makana kālā maiā Stupski Foundation, Ulupono Fund ma ka Hawaii Community Foundation a me ka Frost Family Foundation.

Ua kākoʻo ʻia kēia papahana e ka ʻOhana o Harry Nathaniel, Levani Lipton, ka ʻOhana Mar, a me Lisa Kleissner.

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