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Hawaiʻi Plans Koa Canoe Management Forest In Kaʻū
The 1,257-acre area is the only state land currently designated for cultivating and providing koa for use in kālaiwaʻa, or traditional Hawaiian canoe construction.
Critical Native Cloud Forest on Kohala Mountain to Receive Protection
The Hawaiʻi Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR), in partnership with The Kohala Center (TKC), recently received $234,000 in funding from the Hawaiʻi State Department of Health (DOH) to protect and improve the quality of water resources in leeward Kohala and reduce nonpoint source pollution by mitigating soil erosion and increasing groundcover.