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SAFE HARBOR AGREEMENTSafe Harbor Agreement • January 2nd, 2003
This Agreement covers proposed management activities affecting lands owned or otherwise controlled by Puu O Hoku Ranch, Limited. Under this Agreement, the Ranch will maintain or improve significant amounts of nene habitat for a period of seven years by continuing cattle ranching operations, thereby maintaining open, short grass habitat; assist DLNR to establish and maintain release sites and assist DLNR to control predators around breeding and release sites. This Agreement covers only the native Hawaiian goose, or nene (Branta sandvicensis). The large expanse of suitable habitat on the Ranch will provide the core areas for nene to become established on the island of Molokai and from which to expand out to other appropriate habitat on Molokai, thereby achieving the long-term recovery goal of 200 nene on the island. Without this cooperative government/private landowner effort, these lands would not otherwise be utilized by nene in the foreseeable future. Under this Agreement, the Ranch i
