Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-10-06
EXPERT FORESTER HALL
TELLS OF RESERVATION
PLANS At MEETING
BOARD OF AGRICULTURE HEARS
RESULT OF OBSERVERS Ex-
ANIMATION OF ISLAND
FORESTRlES.

studying Hawaiian forests, reported
yesterday to the Board of Agriculture
and Forestry. the meeting, being held
in Governor Doles office, for the spe.
cial purpose OF hearing the expert for.
ester.
Hall had no criticism to make. he
said. Hawaiian forestry had a good
future. Preservation of forests was of
great Importance here. The forests
enemies must be fought.
On Oahu there should be at least two
forest reservations; one in each of the
great ranges. Waianae range was
very important to the water supply.
The western slope was too precipitous
to need bounds. On the eastern slope
the forest line should be as far down
as the present forest extends. as low
as about 200 feet elevation.
Practically the whole range would
be taken in the Koolau mountains: be.
ginning where the forest does on the
north and extending to Palolo valley.
The line varied. On Tantalus 1t was
sometimes 1000 feet before forest was
found; on the southern slope It went
down to 700 feet. The boundary
might be at an elevation of 1000 or l.,
500 feet.
Forester Hall said he did not mean
an absolute contour line, but a general
line. taking the same point from ridge
to ridge.
Speaking of Molokai, Mr.. Hall
thought the Government should make
permanent the protective fence erect
ed by the Molokai ranch. The north
ern end of the island was worth pro
tecting. although little use is nov
made of the water. There was at pres
ent no necessity for another reserva
ton. The second reserve should be OF
the western slope of Haleakala. Some
of that region bears forest. II the new
road did not go much below 800 fee
the reserve should come down to tn,
road. The third reserve should be II
Hama district. What little forest Liant
remained in upper Kula must be n
served. Hall preferred the line fiXat
at from 3.5OOtto 1000 feet elevation
The Governor had suggested the corr
belt.
The mountain above 5000 feet, sal,
Mr.. Hall. might sustain varieties o
lumber trees from high attitudes.
was important to have forest KEEP
there, even though 1t should never b.
n commercial forest. A. w. Carter
asking concerning the Kahikinui lease
the Governor stated that forest res
crvation was not in the lease.
The expert indicated on ma
where forests should be In KOhala; hi
Recommendation embraced lands IL
Cludcd in the Kohala ditch franchise
II would be hard to reforest denudc
portions, he said as the manienie rgas
had worked destruction. The fores
line should run to the Hamakua bOur
Diary.
This matter should be taken up frs
by the department. The resarvatio
being made by Kukuihaele plantatiO
should be taken in. The whole thin
should be controlled by the Cover
mcnt.
In that particular district tho pre-
onCe Oi forests vas more valuable tina
the use Of the land for sugar, grain
Tor hOmcstoads. The reservation shOul
be widcncd as 1t entered HilO distriC
to the G,OOO.lOut level, including tn
Ohin forests. In the Puma district tn
line should be fixed below that level
there would be a continued demand c
the Government to give land for VI
riOus uses, higher and higher. In al
sencc Of restriction land would be tab
en- from the forests for plantation use
At Pahala the Hawaiian Agriculture
Co. was protecting the forest: this pr
lection should be assured. On Maun
Kea the forest was increasing in spit
OF the cattle. Cattle did not seem
injure the mamane.
The KOna region should be exam
ined, but the speaker understood thi
the problem there was not a compl
Gated one. While Mr.. Hall favore
fixed boundaries he would not go s
far as to say that forest reservatio
was sufficient reason for shutting OF
homestead land from settlement. Tt
forests of Kauai did not receive Il
attention, Mr., Hall stated, that
would have liked. One large resew
taking in the central mountain. WI
needed.
Mr.. Hall advised keeping in constal
touch with the Federal bureau al
hoped an instructor in forestry won
be sent out Tor the benefit of those