Hawaii's Watersheds: The Coral Reef

The importance of or the protection of Hawaii’s watersheds and coral reefs are because of the economical and historical values of Hawaii. Without the understanding of or protection of Hawaii’s watersheds and coral reefs would cause major damage to the island. Coming from Florida, I have never seen a coral reef or watershed, since moving here this would be a perfect opportunity to learn more about the importance of Hawaii’s coral reef and watersheds and what impact they have on Hawaii.
A watershed is an area of land that collects rainwater in a common outlet. Hawaii is full of mountains and hills with a lot of rain .( Do you mean collection of Rain water?) Without the use of good watersheds and the amount of rainfall that occurs here the rainfall
would collect and loosen the dirt in the mountains which in turn may cause landslides that can damage cities and housing and possibly close off the important Tetsuo Harano Tunnels which connect one side of the island to the other. Also without a good watershed to lead the rainfall to a secure outlet the rainfall may also build up and cause major floods which can block off roads and cause serious damage to the nature that surrounds it. The importance of protecting it is because of the good economical properties like how it helps recharge our water supply and it also provides a perfect habitat for Hawaii’s unique plants and animals. Hawaii is known for its vast green lands are beautifully sculpted mountains and when tourist and even myself first arrived it was more than I imagined. For myself to imagine swampy areas, eroded mountains and hills and dead plant life around disgusts me knowing that I can play a part in keeping it healthy and clean.
The Coral Reef is home to an extremely wide range of marine organisms and they are also a living museum that reflects hundreds and thousands years of history for us.
A lot of humans and businesses depend on the Coral Reef as a food supply, protection and for jobs, especially on the islands of Hawaii were most of time people spend their time in or under the water. Hawaii is known as Paradise Island because of its healthy and beautiful Coral Reef and understanding how to keep it healthy is extremely important to me because Coral Reefs are lowly depleting and I want to know why and what there is I can help do to save them, cause they are a great defense, buffering the waves, storms and potential floods which in turn help property damage and erosion. Coral Reefs help support commercials and businesses that support tourism and popular fishing and surfing that takes place around the islands coast. The 21st century has relied on the Coral Reef heavily calling it the “Medicine Cabinet” with the Coral Reef plants and some of the animals that live in it new sources of medicine to help treat major diseases like Cancer, heart disease, arthritis and viruses. The protection of the coral reef means a lot to me and although I haven’t been on the island long I am putting myself in those who have and look back on tragic events that have damaged the coral reef like the February 5th 2009 USS Port Royal ship grounding that destroyed millions of dollars of coral reef and not only did the ship do that but they also dumped their waste that was stored on the ship in the nearby waters which also polluted the water and killed hundreds of fish and possibly the remaining coral reef in that area, now for someone to destroy that much of the history gets me
upset.