This project will mitigate remaining significant environmental and public safety risks resulting from the disastrous windstorm and wildfires of august 2023 that impacted the olinda area of upcountry…

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service R5-Pacific Southwest Region awarded $2.182 million to the State of Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources on April 30, 2026, under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (CFDA 10.664) to mitigate environmental and public safety risks from the August 2023 windstorm and wildfires that damaged the Olinda area of upcountry Maui. The award funds a multi-year recovery program through May 31, 2029, in partnership with affected agricultural producers to restore degraded watershed integrity and function while reducing hazards and fire potential in the affected areas. Work is performed in Hawaii.

This project will mitigate remaining significant environmental and public safety risks resulting from the disastrous windstorm and wildfires of august 2023 that impacted the olinda area of upcountry maui. This is a multi-year recovery program in partnership with affected agricultural producers to recover degraded watershed integrity and function while reducing hazards and future fire potential in the affected areas.