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Draft EIS published for Kahana Bay Erosion Mitigation project
By BY LOUISE ROCKETT - | May 7, 2021
This artistic rendering by Oceanit shows the proposed T-groin, widened beach and vegetated berm looking north from Pohaku Beach Park.
KAHANA Under siege for decades, Kahana Bay has been confronted with the extreme consequences of sea level rise, adverse weather phenomena, seaside development and coastal armoring, resulting in the near-terminal loss of a most vital lifeline to the overall health of this delicate marine ecosystem sand.
According to Chip Fletcher, associate dean for academic affairs and professor, Department of Earth Sciences, at the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST), University of Hawaii at Manoa, the shoreline along Kahana Bay has receded at an average rate of about one foot per year. ....

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