Major Restoration for Pelekane Bay

The Pelekane Bay Watershed Restoration Project in Hawaii is ambitious, to say the least. The rural watershed is being transformed, after years of severe erosion and sediment flowing into Kawaihae Harbor. Nearly 400 acres are being restored to their natural vegetation. Roughly 13 acres of erosion control blankets have been installed. More than 50 check dams and 30 dams, many of which are stone wrapped in synthetic netting, are being completed. The work should be finished by December 2010.