Oahu Hawaiian Canoe Racing Association Hawaii

IN THE HEART OF HAWAIIS CANOE RACING COMMUNITY, THE OAHU HAWAIIAN CANOE RACING ASSOCIATION (OHCRA) STANDS AS A BEACON OF TRADITION AND STEWARDSHIP, WEAVING TOGETHER THE RICH TAPESTRY OFNATIVE HAWAIIAN CULTURE AND OCEANIC PRACTICES. WITH OVER 70 YEARS OF DEDICATED LEADERSHIP IN ORGANIZING AND PERPETUATING CANOE PADDLING, OHCRA TAKES PRIDE IN ITS ROLE AS A GUARDIAN OF COASTALSITES AND CULTURAL HERITAGE. TODAY, OHCRA S STEADFAST COMMITMENT TO ORGANIZING AND PERPETUATING OUR TIME-HONORED SPORT FACES UNPRECEDENTED CHALLENGES. THE GROWING IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE-INDUCEDTHREATS, PARTICULARLY SEA LEVEL RISE AND EROSION, POSES AN EXISTENTIAL RISK TO THE CHERISHED SITES WHERE THOUSANDS GATHER TO PRACTICE AND RACE. THESE CHALLENGES NOT ONLY JEOPARDIZE THE PHYSICALINFRASTRUCTURE BUT ALSO UNDERMINE THE CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE AND RESILIENCE EMBEDDED IN THE SPORT. THIS GRANT PROPOSAL SEEKS TO ADDRESS THESE PRESSING ISSUES, RECOGNIZING THE URGENCY OF SAFEGUARDINGOHCRA S CULTURAL HERITAGE, PRESERVING VITAL RACE SITES, AND FORTIFYING THE RESILIENCE OF THE OCEANIC COMMUNITY AGAINST THE TUMULTUOUS FORCES OF A CHANGING CLIMATE. THE GRANT REPRESENTS A WIDESPREADCOLLABORATIVE EFFORT TO NAVIGATE THE WATERS OF PRESERVATION, ENSURING THE PERPETUATION OF HAWAIIAN CANOE PADDLING FOR GENERATIONS YET TO COME. THIS PROPOSAL COMPRISES THREE SEPARATE COMPONENTS TWO ON MOLOKAI AND ONE ON OAHU.MOLOKAI PROJECTS HALE O LONO: PROJECT 1: HALE O LONO - ROAD REPAIR MITIGATION STRATEGIES PROJECT 2: HALE O LONO BASIN RESTORATIONOAHU PROJECT - 15 CANOE SITES - OCEANFRONT CLUBS PROJECT 3: CANOE SITES - SEA LEVEL RISE MITIGATION

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