Kaua‘i RSM Plan

The Kauai RSM Plan includes the following information for the Kekaha and Poipu regions: a) objectives of the overall RSM program; b) descriptions of the existing Federal projects; c) geomorphologic processes such as beach sediment production; d) coastal processes including wave climate and sea level rise; e) coastal ecosystems; f) characterization of the region’s shorelines including shoreline erosion maps, identification of shoreline structures, chronologies of historical events affecting the shorelines, beach profiles, and beach volume change rates (final regional sediment budgets for the Kekaha and Poipu RSM regions have yet to be developed); g) identification of potential sand sources for beach nourishment; h) identification of potential future RSM projects; and i) a bibliography summarizing each of the references sources used in this document.