Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-11-13
Forestry AND CANE


on the Maui watersheds. II looked as
II root disease had spread to them
from the cane. He asked what Prof.
Lyons had to say about this.
l.. A. Thurston read report on for.
cstry. stating that considerable ad.
vances had been made during the past
year, especially through the interest
OF private individuals and concerns,
notably plantation managers. The re.
port also called attention to the i'm.
portancc of the lumber shortage In
the United States and outlined the
famine which was approaching, and
It's results. Hawaii should profit from
the lesson of the mainland and take
steps tn preserve the forests and be.
gin reforestation. Thurston recon-
mended that all plantations shut out
cattle from forest lands and plant
hardwood trees wherever It could be
done outside of agricultural lands, In
order that Hawaii would be able 10
supply her own fence, railroad. tic
and telephone post timber and fire.
wood. In this connection attention
was called to the fact that legislative
appropriations would be needed for
The refOrcstatiOn, and II was recon.
mended that the planters use their in.
iluence to secure this. The report
also dwelt on the question of lumber.
Eng of water.producing and non.water.
producing forests; the enterprise of
The Hawaiian Mahogany Lumber Co.
N exporting millions of railroad ties
10 the mainland; and the rubber In.
dustry.
Forester Hosmer read the following
Interesting address:
Following the precedent of former
years. the chairman of your Commit
tee on Forestry has again asked me to
appear before the Association with a
statement of the progress of forestry
in the Territory during the past year.
This | am glad to do. for the Hawaiian
Sugar Planters Association Is one of
the forces that is always to be count.
I'd on for active cooperation and sup.
port In the furtherance of forestry In
the islands.
Forest work In Hawaii naturally di.
vides itself into that carried on by the
Territorial Division of Forestry and
that done by private individuals and
corporations. II may be treated ac'
cordingly.
Forest Reserves.
In the activities of the Division of
Forestry the creation of forest re.
serves continues to hold chief place.
Since the last meeting of this Asso-
citation, three additional forest re.
serves have been declared as follows.
Lualualei on Oahu, Hama on Maui
and Ma Pali-Kona on Kauai. The area
Of Government land in these reserves
Is respectively, 3,7i3, 1871, and 49,
$50 acres, or a total of 5S,lG0 acres.
Within the boundaries of the Hama
Forest reserve are also 1858 acres of
privately owned land; within the Ma
Pail Forest Reserve 1880 acres are
In private ownership.
Other forest reserve projects now
awaiting final action are the proposed
West Maui Forest Reserve contain.
ing a total area of A ,i40 acres; the
proposed Makawao Forest Reserve,
also on Maui. 1896 acres: and sec
ton Of the land Of honolulu. Oahu,
which will make with the areas al.
ready set apart on that range a good
lied forest reserve on the Waianae
Hills. Within short time the bound.
AIRY of the proposed Kohala Mountain
Forest Reserve will be located on the
ground, when this project can be act
ed upon.
Each of the forest reserves set
apart during the past year Is made
with the idea of protecting the forest
on the watersheds of streams import.
ant for irrigation, power development
on other use. They are all essentially
protection forests" and as such IL IL
desirable that the forest within their
boundaries be kept strictly intact
The same statement holds true of the
projected reserves on Maui and on
The Kohala Mountain.
Change in the Forest Reserve Law.
At the last session of the Legisla
tire, during the spring of 1907, a very
important step in forest work was TAX
ON when the forest reserve law was
so amended as to permit the Cover
nor to set apart government land
within the forest reserve boundaries
whether It Is under lease or not 1t
Is specifically provided that such ac,
ton shall be subject To existing
:, leases. but being set apart, at the eX.
piration of the lease, the land auto.
natically comes into the class of land
definitely reserved. The advantage
II this Is that IL leaves no uncertainty
az to what the Governments policy
will be in regard to given forest
tracts. 1t also makes for permanency
in the management of the various re.
serves.
Forest Utilization.
During the last year and especially
during the last two months much In.
terest has been awakened In the sub
iect of the utilization Of the Hawaiian
forests for koa lumber and ohia lehua
,ailroad ties. This development OF
what promises to be an additional In
dustry to the Territory deserves
special comment for II involves ques
lions Of forest policy of vital import
ance.
Two Classec Of Forest.
II is perhaps pertinent at this juno
" lure to consider certain essential diff
Ierences between the two main
classes of forest in Hawaii. As