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Hawai'i Land Preservation Network
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| Date of Transaction: | To be announced |
| Property Name & Location: | Mokio parcel, stretches along the north shore of Molokai between Mo’omomi and Illio Point |
| Grantor: | Molokai Properties Limited |
| Grantee: | Molokai Land Trust |
| Conservation Values: | Endangered species: largest growth site of the ‘ihi ‘ihi lauakea, endemic plant, in the Hawaiian islands. Hawaiian Cultural: significant subsistence site with tidal pool system and intact koa (fishing shrines), ancient adze quarry and habitat complex at Puu Kaeo. |
| Value of Transaction and Funding Sources: | Unknown; planned donation |
| Links to News Stories: | Molokai Land Trust News Release Starbulletin.com |
2/08 TPL Purchases 3,716 acres at the Moanalua Nature Preserve
TPL has completed the purchase of the Moanalua Nature Preserve consisting of the Kamana Nui and Kamana Iki Valleys from the Estate of Samuel Mills Damon. Tim Johns, the Chief Operating Officer of the Estate of Samuel Mills Damon, said this transaction protects "one of Oahu's natural treasures.”
| Date of Transaction: | Winter 2008 |
| Property Name & Location: | Moanalua Nature Preserve consisting of the Kamana Nui and Kamana Iki Valleys, located within the ahupua'a of Moanalua on the island of Oahu |
| Grantor: | Estate of Samuel Mills Damon |
| Grantee: | TPL purchased property and conveyed to State of Hawaii |
| Conservation Values: | Endangered species: the Elepaio forest bird, the Oahu Creeper (unless extinct), as well as, 14 endangered or rare plant species and 2 species of snails. Hawaiian Cultural: famed pohaku (stone) carved with unique petroglyphs found nowhere else in Hawaii. Historical: features stone bridges hand-crafted by Italian masons in the late1800's and historic home sites. |
| Value of Transaction and Funding Sources: | $5.5 million – State of Hawaii General Funds ($3 million), U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service’s Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund ($1.6 million), and Department of Defense Army Compatible Use Buffer program ($900,000) |
| Links to News Stories: | The Trust for Public Land Starbulletin.com |
2/08 Kaua’i Public Land Trust Receives Donation of Land from The Canela Group
On February 11th, the Canela Group deeded a 17,000 square foot parcel of land in Wainiha, HI to Kaua’i Public Land Trust. The generous donation was made in honor of Mary McGregor Ballard. The land will be preserved in perpetuity for public benefit.
Read the full story about this donation at KauaiWorld.com
01/08 Haleakala National Park acquires Nuu Ranch
Haleakala National Park purchased the former Nuu Ranch, expanding the park by 4,300 acres with a section of an ahupuaa extending from the crater rim to the ocean. Read the January 2008 story at mauinews.com.
01/08 KPLT acquires a piece of coastal land
Marking their fourth successfully completed transaction, KPLT, in 2007, received a donation of a 17,000 square foot piece of coastal land just west of Wainiha Bay. Read more about this in the KPLT December 2007 newsletter.
12/07 Maui Coastal Land Trust Receives Easement Over 2,800 acres at Puu O Hoku Ranch on Molokai
In late 2007, Maui Coastal Land Trust completed a conservation easement on 2,800 acres at Puu O Hoku Ranch on Molokai. The conserved land will be preserved for open space and agricultural use. Read the full story in Maui News. Listen to the interview with Hawaii Public Radio.
Maui Coastal Land Trust receives easement protecting 35 acres at Kipahulu Landing
Documented remnants of a Hawaiian fishing village and more recent historical structures indicate Kipahulu Landing has been a vital ocean and shoreline access point for the people of East Maui for hundreds of years.
Thirty-five (35) acres of this beautiful shoreline parcel was recently protected as MCLT signed on to oversee a conservation easement placed on the land as mandated in its sale by The Nature Conservancy (from MCLT’s Coastalviews). Read more at MCLT’s site.
MCLT Purchases Easement over East Molokai Lands with FRPP and Legacy Land Funds
Third-generation rancher Kip Dunbar protected 168 acres of his Kainalu Ranch on Molokai's south-eastern shore with an agricultural conservation easement last week thanks to two unprecedented conservation grants leveraged by the Maui Coastal Land Trust (MCLT). The first grants of their kind in Hawai'i came from the Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program (FRPP), run by the United States Department of Agriculture and the State of Hawai'i's Legacy Land Conservation Program, run by the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources (from MCLT’s Coastalviews). Read more at MCLT’s site or at starbulletin.com.
Pūpūkea-Paumalū
On June 27, 2007, TPL concluded its purchase of the Pūpūkea parcel on Oahu. They have turned 25 acres over to the city and county of Honolulu and plan to convey the rest as funds become available…Read more
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