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The Board of Land and Natural Resources is trying to determine how the state should value thousands of acres long used for military training before leases expire.
The valley is one of the most controversial of the military’s training grounds in the islands, and holds particular significance for Hawaiian cultural practitioners. In Hawaiian, “makua” means “parent,” and the valley is considered the place where human life was first created, according to oral tradition.