Water resource panel urged to restore West Maui stream flows
Some 200 people packed Tuesday’s meeting of the state Commission on Water Resource Management on Maui, many of them urging the restoration of stream flows in the Lahaina area.
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The Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources Commission on Water Resource Management held its monthly meeting at the J. Walter Cameron Center Auditorium in Wailuku on Tuesday. Pictured are signs brought by community members to the meeting.
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Commission chair Dawn Chang and West Maui council member Tamara Paltin chat before the meeting.
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Community members brought signage to the meeting.
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Reinstated Water Resource Management Deputy Director M. Kaleo Manuel with his assistant Iwalani Kaaa.
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Students from the Hawaiian immersion school Ke Kula Kaiapuni o Lahaina gave testimony urging the commission to listen to the community about the future of water use in West Maui.
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Ke'eaumoku Kapu starts the meeting with Hawaiian protocol.
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Uilani Kapu with students from from the Ke Kula Kaiapuni o Lahaina participate in Hawaiian protocol before the start of the meeting.
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Commission chair Dawn Chang starts the meeting.
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Reinstated Water Resource Management Deputy Director M. Kaleo Manuel reacts to being welcomed from the commission with his assistant Iwalani Kaaa.
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Commission hydrologist Ayron Strauch gives an update on water resources in the Lahaina aquifer sector area at the meeting.
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Commissioner Aurora Kagawa-Viviani listens during the meeting.
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Kaua'ula resident Danny Palakiko testifies at the meeting.
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Jason Jeremiah, director of natural and cultural ecosystems at Kamehameha Schools testifies at the meeting.
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Commissioner Neil Hannahs takes notes with others during testimony at the meeting.
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Reinstated Water Resource Management Deputy Director M. Kaleo Manuel at the meeting.
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Commission chair Dawn Chang and member Neil Hannahs listens to testimony during the meeting.
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Ke Kula Kaiapuni o Lahaina student Lehina Balagso, 12,, testifies to the commission. Balagso attended with about 40 other students to urge the commission to listen to West Maui residents about future water use in their community.
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Ke Kula Kaiapuni o Lahaina student Pikake Ahia, 11, speaks to the commission. Ahia attended with about 40 other students to urge the commission to listen to West Maui residents about future water use in their community.
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Commissioner Neil Hannahs listens to Ke Kula Kaiapuni o Lahaina student testimony during the meeting.
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Reinstated Water Resource Management Deputy Director M. Kaleo Manuel listens to student testimony during the meeting.
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Testifying is Makamae Alipio, 16, from King Kekaulike High School (Ke Kula Kaiapuni 'o Kekaulike).
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Weeping while testifying is Kehau Kealoha-Franco, 17, from King Kekaulike High School (Ke Kula Kaiapuni 'o Kekaulike).
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Ke'eaumoku Kapu before starting the meeting with Hawaiian protocol.
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