Local Working Group 

The Local Working Group (LWG) is made up of the local community, stakeholders, and partners located within the Mauna Kea SWCD service area.  The objective of the LWG is to identify resource concerns and issues that are impacting local agriculture operations.  The top five identified resource concerns will be used to drive the USDA-NRCS locally led Farm Bill Program for the Waimea Service Area.

 

FY2027 Priority Resource Concerns

  • Plant Pest Pressure
  • Plant Productivity and Health
  • Wildfire Hazard
  • Plant Structure and Composition
  • Feed and Forage Balance
  • Soil Organic Matter Depletion
  • Soil Aggregate Instability
  • Sheet and Rill Erosion
  • Inadequate Livestock Water Quantity, Quality, and Distribution
  • Surface and Groundwater Depletion

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FY2024 Priority Resource Concerns 
  • Livestock Production Limitations
  • Degraded Plant Conditions
  • Soil Quality Limitations
  • Fire Management
  • Pest Pressure
FY2025 Priority Resource Concerns 
  • Livestock Production Limitation
  • Pest Pressure
  • Fire Management
  • Degraded Plant Conditions
  • Soil Quality Limitation
FY2026 Priority Resource Concerns 
  • Pest Pressure
  •  Livestock Production Limitations
  • Fire Management
  • Terrestrial Habitat
  •  Degradd Plant Condition