{"id":27071,"date":"2013-08-07T11:02:57","date_gmt":"2013-08-07T21:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekpro\/?p=27071"},"modified":"2013-08-08T11:03:43","modified_gmt":"2013-08-08T21:03:43","slug":"waimanalo-forest-reserve-eyed-for-hardwoods-orchard-crops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekpro\/waimanalo-forest-reserve-eyed-for-hardwoods-orchard-crops\/","title":{"rendered":"Waimanalo Forest Reserve Eyed For Hardwoods, Orchard Crops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Public comment is due by this Friday on the state of Hawaii&#8217;s draft forest management plan for the Waimanalo Forest Reserve.<\/p>\n<p>Covering 484 acres of conservation land to the northwest end of Waimanalo valley, the reserve is densely forested and offers the only publicly accessible horseback riding trail on Oahu.<\/p>\n<p>The state Department of Land and Natural Resources proposes to replace invasive trees with native ones to protect the watershed, plant high-value native hardwoods on the steep slopes for timber, cultivate fruit and nut orchards at the lower elevations, and maintain buffer zones around the public access trails.<\/p>\n<p>According to DLNR officials, community orchards could be established through a partnership between state forestry and Waimanalo community groups, with open-access harvesting.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is an opportune time for the public to provide their input on a long-term plan to conserve the watershed, ensure public access to authorized trails, and enhance biodiversity,&#8221; said DLNR chairman William Aila Jr., noting that several area stake-holders were consulted in developing the plan.<\/p>\n<p>The Waimanalo Forest Reserve Forest Management Plan for 2013 (Draft) can be viewed at <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaii.gov\/dlnr\/dofaw\">hawaii.gov\/dlnr\/dofaw<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Comments should be mailed to the DLNR at 2135 Makiki Heights Drive, Honolulu HI 96822.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, call Ryan Peralta at 973-9784.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Public comment is due by this Friday on the state of Hawaii&#8217;s draft forest management plan for the Waimanalo Forest..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,17,111],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hawaii-community-news","category-windward","category-windward-oahu-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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