The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-12-01
HAMAKUA
FOREST
Reserve Recommended
to Governor
Carter.

SCI aside the Halmakua forest reserve
as reported upon by superintendent OF
Forestry Hosmer. The matter was
brought to a conclusion by the presen-
tation of the following resolution by
Mr.. Gifard which was adopted:
Resolved, that the forest reserve al
the north end of district of Hamakua
Island of Hawaii, between the Waipio
Valley and the district of Kohala as
recommended by the Committee Of For
estry, based on the report of the Su-
perintendent of Forestry, be APPROX
ed, and that the Board recommends to
the Governor that the land within said
described boundaries be set apart as
a forest reserve, subject to all private
rights and titles lying within said
| boundaries. Passed.
HoSMER's REPORT.
Oct. 81, 1904
| The Committee on Forestry, Board of
| Commissioners of Agriculture and
Forestry, Honolulu, t. H.
| Gentlemen: 1 have the honor to sub
NIT the following report on the propos-
ed forest reserve at the extreme north
| western end OF the District of Hama
| kua, Island of Hawaii, consisting of the
section of steep, pail country between
the gulches of Honokane and Waipio.
Under the date of April 8, 1908, Mr..
E. E. Gliding, the local consulting for
ester, reported to the Board as follows:
'.As forestry agent for the District OF
Kohala, I beg to submit the following
lands as reserves: all government lands
lying between Honokane and Waipio
valleys (from the headwaters to the
sea) as we'll as government land known
as Puukapu, and also all that portion
of Kawaihae /, lying between Pupil
and Waimanu, on expiration of the
present leases to Parker Estate"
Upon a request from Mr.. Thurston for
more definite information, as to metes
and bounds, Mr.. Gliding replied, on May
SIN. 1903: LAS suggested enclose here
with tracing from Government map
showing forest lands to windward of
Kohala District, which all parties here
are willing and DESTROYS to have reserv-
ed, proposed reserve is shown and in
Guided within red lines and is bounded
as follows: On the west by the Awini
Ranch and Bishop Estate lands, on the
south by the Hamakua boundary line,
or lands of Puukapu and Bishop Estate
lands, on the east by the Bishop Estate
lands of Waipio, on the north by the
sea. Land known as Laupahoehoe
owned by the Booth Estate is not in
cluded.
LAS this is in the heart of the forests
of Hawaii and joins other government
lands it can be added to from time to
time as government and private parties
desire. 1t is in a great measure pro-
tected from cattle at the present time
and should not cost the government
much for fencing.
no settlement has been reached with
regard to lands known as Puukapu and
Kawaihae 1, SO these lands are not in
cIuded at this time in proposed re-
serve.'S
While I have not personally exploited
the area in question: task rendered
almost impossible from the nature of
the country have carefully consider
ed the question of making this section,
with other adjoining lands, a forest re-
serve This L believe should be done, for
the following reasons:
The chief value which this section
now has, or so far as can be foreseen
is likely to have, is on account of the
streams which head therein, and which
can be utilized for irrigating the adj
joining agricultural lands, and in the
development of power.
To insure the protection of the wa
ter-sheds of these streams, so that as
much as possible of the water falling
upon the area be made available for
use, it is desirable that the lands be
set apart as a forest reserve.
The creation of the forest reserve
would in no way hamper the develop
ment of water and power. On the con-
trary it is primarily to maintain and
insure this use of the streams that the
| reserve is proposed to be set apart.
At the present time there is little or
no objection to the creation of this
reserve; there is, with the exception of
certain areas in the Waimanu Gu1ch--
excluded in these recommendations
agricultural land; nor from the nature
of the country is it q region which
could be so developed
There are several privately owned
| lands adjoining the proposed reserve
which should be included therein, and
which the owners thereof are willing
to turn over as a part of the forest
reserve, if the Government will set
apart it's lands.
L therefore recommend that the
Board request the Governor to set
apart, after the public hearing provid-
ed by law, the government land de-
scribed below, as a forest reserve; and
L further suggest that negotiations be
entered into with th, owners of the adj
joining lands. with the exception of
those under cultivation in the Wanna
nu gulch, with a view of extending
the reserve to include them also.
The following description of the pro-.
posed forest reserve, in the district of
Hamakua Island of Hawaii, furnished
by the Survey Office, with a map of
the same. is now on file in my Office.
Beginning at the mouth of the Ho-
nokaa gulch by tbs, sea, being the|
boundary of the lands of Awinf and
| Honokaa, in the districts OF. Kohala and
| Hamakua. respectively. run thence up
thu center Of T3orolroa cy,,To4. go