The State of Hawai‘i Department of Land and Natural Resources is seeking to hire a Hawai‘i Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) Planner for Hawaii County. The CREP planner will assist with participation in the program, by conducting outreach and providing technical assistance to new landowners.
The Hawai‘i CREP is a federal-state natural resource conservation program that helps interested land owners and managers protect environmentally sensitive and degraded lands. Landowners partake in long-term, resource-conserving plantings that restore native forests and vegetation, improve water quality, control soil erosion, and enhance habitats for native wildlife. Participants are eligible for a variety of financial incentives from both federal and state partners, and have access to technical experts on native forest restoration. To date, the program has enrolled over 750 acres with a target of 15,000 acres.
This CREP planner will be located on Hawaii Island and will provide technical assistance to individuals and groups of landowners and land managers in Hawaii County in the development, application, and maintenance of Hawai‘i CREP plans and contracts.
The planner will receive general oversight from the DLNR-Division of Forestry and Wildlife, Hawaii Association of Conservation Districts, USDA-Farm Service Agency, and the USDA- Natural Resources Conservation Service. This position is funded by a grant awarded to the Department from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.
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