Community-led effort preserves Kauaʻi fishpond access into perpetuity hawaiipublicradio.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from hawaiipublicradio.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Community groups purchase over 8 acres in Hāna to protect area from future development hawaiipublicradio.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from hawaiipublicradio.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The Maui News A Hana-based nonprofit has completed the purchase of 8.6 acres of Hamoa lands for permanent cultural preservation and stewardship, the latest s
Ke Ao Hāliʻi, a Hāna-based nonprofit community organization, in partnership with the County of Maui, State of Hawaiʻi, and Hawai‘i Land Trust, has completed the purchase of 8.6 acres of Hāmoa lands for permanent cultural preservation and stewardship. The County of Maui contributed $800,000 and the State of Hawaiʻi Legacy Land Conservation Program contributed $247,500 toward the purchase.
After years of effort by many, including the late lineal descendant Aunty Patti-Ann Solomon, 642 acres of beloved and historically, culturally and ecologically important land in Māhukona is close to being protected forever.