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Dreana Kalili <AHCC.Nuhou@gmail.com>
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Ka Nuhou ­ The News, A Weekly Digest
Please forward this message to members of your Hawaiian Civic Club
March 29, 2015
Ua ike anei oukou: Kuhio
& Canoe Racing
Waimea HCC Poi Supper,
April 4
NextEra Energy & HECO
Host Open House
Informational Meetings ACTION ALERT: Federal
Rulemaking on Green Sea
Turtle Listing as
"Endangered"
Ua ike anei oukou: Kuhio & Canoe
Racing
In addition to his political and civic successes, Kuhio was also
instrumental in launching international Hawaiian canoe racing.
He commissioned the construction of the first racing­purpose built
outrigger canoe in 1906 by Kahuna Kalaiwaa Mokuohai. Kuhio's
canoe won championship races consecutively from 1907 through 1910.
Many consider Kuhio the father of Hawaii canoe racing as an
internationally­recognized sport. In celebration of Prince Kuhio's birthday this month, if you have
any biographical information on Prince Kuhio to share, please e­
mail AHCC.Nuhou@gmail.com.
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Secretary, Dre Kalili, at
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Mahalo!
Prince Kuhio HCC participates in the parade in Waikiki on March 28.
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LuAnn Faborito, Makaha HCC and Pearl Harbor HCC member, chaired this
year's Prince Kuhio Parade. E hoomaikai!
Kainoa Daines, member of HCC of Honolulu, kicks off the Prince Kuhio
Parade. Waimea HCC Poi Supper, April 4
Join Waimea Hawaiian Civic Club at its annual scholarship
fundraiser, Poi Suppa 2015!! The event is next Saturday, April 4,
5:00, at Kuhio Hale in Waimea. Lots of ono food, live entertainment,
a lei contest, silent auction and special drawing! $20 scholarship
donation
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NextEra Energy & HECO to Host Open
House Informational Meetings
NextEra Energy and HECO will be visiting communities across
Hawaii to allow residents the opportunity to provide input and learn
more about NextEra Energy and how the proposed merger with
Hawaiian Electric Industries will advance a more affordable clean
energy future for Hawaii.
Each open house meeting will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Senior leaders
and other employees from NextEra Energy and Hawaiian Electric will
be available to discuss NextEra Energy’s track record of increasing
renewable energy, lowering customer bills, creating innovative
solutions for modernizing the grid, and supporting local communities,
as well as all the expected benefits from the proposed merger with
Hawaiian Electric.
The dates and locations for the meetings are as follows:
Maui County
April 7 Central Maui: Maui Electric Auditorium
South Maui: Kihei Community Center
April 8
West Maui: Lahaina Civic Center
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Lanai: Lanai Community Center
April 9
Molokai: Kaunakakai Elementary School Cafeteria
Hawaii Island
April 13
Hilo, Hawaii: Hilo High School Cafeteria
Puna, Hawaii: Pahoa High School Cafeteria
April 14
West Hawaii: Kealakehe High School Cafeteria
Waimea, Hawaii: HPA Village Campus Dining Hall
Oahu
April 15
West Oahu: Kapolei High School Cafeteria
Leeward Oahu: Pearl City High School Cafeteria
April 16
Honolulu: Ward Warehouse, Kakaako Conference Room Windward
Oahu: Windward Community College, Hale Akoakoa ACTION ALERT: Federal Rulemaking
on Green Sea Turtle Listing as
"Endangered"
In February 14, 2012, the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs
petitioned the Department of Commerce, the Department of the
Interior, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to classify the Hawaiian Green turtle
population as a discrete population segment and delist the population
under the Endangered Species Act.
In response to the petition, the National Marine Fisheries Service and
Fish Wildlife Service has returned with this report, “Endangered and
Threatened Species; Identification and Proposed Listing of Eleven
Distinct Population Segments of Green Sea Turtles (Chelonia
mydas) as Endangered or Threatened and Revision of Current
Listings.” The report divides the world population of green sea turtles into
eleven distinct population segments (DPS). The Central North Pacific
DPS (Honu) covers Hawai`i. This discussion begins at page 334 of
the status review document. Recommendation is to continue the
current status. So, the honu was listed as threatened in 1978 and
continues to be threatened even with the documented increase of the
population.
The American Samoa population of green sea turtles (i’a sa) is the
Central South Pacific DPS. The discussion begins at page 310. The
Central South Pacific DPS is proposed to be listed as endangered an
upgrade from threatened.
Guam and CNMI DPS is Central West Pacific. This includes the
Solomon Islands, Marshall Islands, FSM, Palau, New Guinea and
Ogasawara, Japan. The discussion begins on page 259. The Central
West Pacific DPS is proposed to be listed as endangered. This
upgrades those area’s turtles from threatened.
Currently, there is only one hearing scheduled for the Pacific, in
Honolulu. Given the far­reaching impacts of this action, hearings
should be requested for every US territory and island in the Pacific.
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The proposed rule will also change the status of green turtles in
American Samoa, Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands (CNMI) from its current threatened listing to
“endangered”. Guam and CNMI green turtles are considered part of
the population now called the Central Western Pacific DPS, and
American Samoa is part of the Central South Pacific DPS. See
attached map showing the 11 DPSs and proposed listing status for
each. A public hearing is scheduled in Honolulu on April 8, 2015,
but no hearings are scheduled in the outer islands in Hawaii
or in American Samoa, Guam or CNMI. The proposed rule is open for public comment for 90­days
until June 22, 2015. To read the full proposed rule, see: https://www.
federalregister.gov/articles/2015/03/23/2015­06136/endangered­
and­threatened­wildlife­and­plants­identification­and­proposed­
listing­of­eleven­distinct The status review that provides the scientific basis for the decision is
available here: http://www.nmfs.noaa.
gov/pr/species/documents/2015_green_turtle__chelonia_mydas__
status_review_under_the_u.s._endangered_species_act.pdf To read the NMFS press release, see: http://www.noaanews.noaa.
gov/stories2015/20150320­successful­conservation­efforts­along­
florida­pacific­coasts­recognized­in­revised­esa­listing­of­green­
sea­turtle.html
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