Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-03-14
k0HALA MOUNTAIN
FOREST RESERVE
Total Area Of Proposed
Reserve viii Be
127,I60 Acres a,

Al meeting Or the apportion-
ment committee OF the State Board
of Agriculture and Forestry on
March Z. 1t was resolved that there
be allotted and authorized to be ex-
pended out OF the proceeds of the
one-fourth Of the special fund pro-
vided for by Act 33 of the laws OF
1909, the sum of $4,000 in plant
ing and fencing at the Kohala For
est Reserve .,,.... .t. ....,...
The apportionment committee con-
sisted of the following: j.. p. Cooke,
chairman of the board; Marston
Campbell and r. ", Wilcox, MEM
bers of the board.
The section included In this pro.
posed forest. reserve may roughly be
described as embracing the area of
existing forest on the Kohala noun
tain not already included in the Ha-
makua Pail Forest Reserve, togeth-
err with the private forest reserve
above Kukuihaele, maintained for
many years by the Pacific Sugar
Mill Company, and the two forest
covered gulches at the west end of
the mountain. Honokane and Polo.
hu, owned respectively by the Bish-
op Estate and by the Government,
The total area of the proposed Ko-
hala Mountain Forest Reserve is ,ap
proximately 27,160 acres. / \.
The Kohala Mountain Forest Re.
serve is created essentially as a pro-
lection forest to assist I'm the con-
servation OF water on the Kohala
mountain. The Kohala mountain
lies between two districts that con-
tain considerable areas of land that
can only be made productive in u
large way through irrigation. As II
is the only available source OF wa
ter supply for these districts. the
kohala mountain is Justly ~ DO re-
garded as one Of the very i,ilportan
water sheds OF the Territory. -
The elevation of the kohala
mountain, 5505 feet, is sufficient to
make the mountain serve as a poiift
around which the moisture-ladcn
trade-wind clouds congregate and
are held to precipitgte lthoir con-
tents. But the mountain is not high
| enough to serve as complete bar
rier to the passage of the trade
enough In area to make its catch-
ment3 basins of SUFFICIENT size to
yield any great quantities OF water.
For these reasons 1t is the more
important that conditions favorable
to sustained flow, through the re-
tardation OF run-off, be maintained.
The Kohala mountain was the
first forest area in the Territory Wis.,
tied by Prof. Ralph S. Hosmer after
his arrival in, 1904. But because of
one reason and another, among
which the long-continued litigation
4 over the Parker Ranch played no
! small part, II has not been found
feasible. to bring the project to the
point of action until now.
OF the lands In the, proposed Ko-
hala Mountain Forest Reserve, the
larger part belongs to the Territory.
Out Of the total area of 27,l60
acres, 1895 acres. or SO per cent,
are government lands. Next in
Order of ownership comes the Bishop
Estate. with 1910 acres, or 33 per
cent. The more important OF the
remaining lands are owned by the
Kohala Sugar Company. the Parker
Ranch, the Queen Emma Estate. the
Pacific Sugar Mill, and by one or
two individuals.
The: government lands are in two
classes--those not under lease, and
those on which leases have still
some time to run. Those not under
lease can be definitely set apart at
once; on the others the full reser-
walton takes effect automatically at
the expiration Of the lease. The
lands not under lease, are: Pololu
1000 acres; Awine, 100 acres; Pau
ahi, 150 acres; and Lanikepu, 43o
acres-a total of 1886 acres.
Those on which leases have still
some time to run are: Kawaihae
1870 acres; NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
kia- Kapia, $50 acres; Momouloa. 13O
acres; Puukapu, $50 acres; Kamo-
ku. 90 acres. and Keaa. 230 acres--