Posted at 10:46 p.m., Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Public workshops will focus on Hawaii's beaches
Advertiser Staff
Shoreline experts will share their knowledge about protection of Hawai'i's beaches at a series of free, public workshops in each county, starting today with Kaua'i.
The seminar will explain how rising sea levels will contribute to increased storm surge, flooding and damage to coastal infrastructure, a release from the Hawai'i Sea Grant College Program said. It also will focus on disaster management and response strategies.
Presentations will include:
Threats to Hawai'i's Beaches, by Charles "Chip" Fletcher, chair, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Hawai'i at Manoa; Hawai'i's Coastal Communities: Integrating Resource Protection, Disaster Management and Community Development, by India Clark, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Pacific Services Center; Hawai'i's Coastal Protection Policies and Guidelines, by Dennis Hwang, UH Sea Grant College Program; Hawai'i's Beach Management Plans: Recent Initiatives and Implementation Challenges, by Dolan Eversole, Zoe Norcross-Nu'u, and Jim O'Connell, UH Sea Grant; Hawai'i's Coastal Lands Program: Beach Conservation Efforts for the Future, by Sam Lemmo, state Department of Land and Natural Resources Office of Conservation and Coastal Lands. The seminars will be held on:
Kaua'i: 1:30-4:30 p.m. today at the Kaua'i War Memorial Convention Hall, Ni'ihau Room, Lihu'e. Big Island: 1:30-4:30 p.m. Oct. 28 at the King Kamehameha Hotel, Ballroom 1, Kona. Maui: 2-5 p.m. Nov. 14 at Maui Community College, Pilina Building (formerly Student Center), Multipurpose Room. O'ahu: 1-4 p.m. Nov. 20 at the Mission Memorial Auditorium (next to Honolulu Hale), Honolulu.For more information, contact Dolan Eversole at 587-0377 or dolan.eversole@hawaii.gov.
