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Plans should require improved access to management
sites if and where necessary, and filing of access
maps with the local fire department.
Plans should also identify individuals to serve as
liaisons with the fire department in order to
facilitate the response plan (identify the location of
the plants within the sites, equipment that might be
available from Parker Ranch or other agencies, etc.).
They may also establish a water reservoir for each
management site. Excess water can be used for
irrigation during establishment of endangered or other
native plants on the management sites or for watering
cattle to attract them to the firebreak zone around
the cone, if this is determined to be desirable.
15. Restore native habitat
Restoration of the habitat to its native form will assist in
achieving the goals for downlisting of these species.
Removal of intrusive alien species, restoration of native
plant species, and management to encourage pollinators
should all be undertaken.
151. Carry out alien plant control
Employ weeding and other methods of alien plant
control identified in task #212, paying special
attention to fountain grass.
152. Restore native plant species
Removal of fountain grass may lead to a natural wave
of regeneration from the native seed bank. However,
grass removal may need to be coupled with efforts to
increase the cover of native plants, making use of the
native species that are common and most dominant on
the site or on other management sites. Easy to grow
shrubs to be encouraged include ‘a’ali’i and ‘ilima
(Sida fallax). Two species of native morning glory
(Ipomoea spp.) that occur on these sites may make
useful ground cover, as may Lipochaeta venosa itself.
Native flowering plants that occur on one or more of
the cinder cones are listed in Table 3.
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