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EXHIBIT A Historic Trail, and community members intend on hosting trail work days to maintain these trail systems throughout the property. SIGNIFICANCE AND MANAGEMENT • Nonprofit Na 'Oiwi o Pu'uanahulu is the proposed future owner of'Anaeho'omalu Kapalaoa,with the County of Hawaii' holding a Conservation Easement over the property to protect it in perpetuity. Na 'Oiwi o Pu'uanahulu plans to partner with nonprofit Hui Aloha Kiholo, descendant families, and the community to steward this 'aina as a kipuka where families can reconnect to their ancestral lands and the broader community can help malama, care for, and restore its precious cultural and natural resources. • Currently,the Kiholo State Park Reserve is jointly managed by the Division of State Parks and Hui Aloha Kiholo. Hui Aloha Kiholo acts as stewards of the Kiholo Bay,guided by lineal descendants of the area. The property in Suggestion 23-01 could expand the protection on a landscape scale. Several non-profit entities intend to be a part of the management of this parcel,including Na o Pu'uanahulu, Hui Aloha Kiholo, and Ala Kahaki Trail Association. Hui Aloha Kiholo and Na 'Oiwi o Pu'uanahulu share many of the same individuals, many of which are lineal descendants and cultural practitioners of the area.Thus, it is likely that the cohesive landscape-scale management of the natural and cultural resources would be successful in the future. • A lava tube network covered with petroglyphs and including a pristine anchialine pool complex extends from beneath Hi'iakaika'ale'i to the coast(Figure 2 and 6), providing habitat to 'opae'ula (Halocardina rubra) and highlighting the unique underground water systems of Kekahawai'oleonakona. Water is found to spring forth through these anchialine ponds from underground aquifers and through punawai (springs) in the ocean. • Areas of this region where water can be found were highly coveted and protected as they provide the most fundamental resources for survival in a geographic area known for its harsh exposure to the sun and heat. These precious coastal ecosystems are a part of the larger watershed which extends to 'Anaeho'omalu Bay, a well-known site for traditional fisheries and fishing practices which 'ohana continue to exercise today. •The property contains many *p' <x „ native plant species known for ate, medicinal qualities and cultural r practices such as 'uhaloa, kou, milo, hala, and maiapilo µ ;Aye - "� Figure 2.Rare maiapilo(Capparis sandwichiana)thriving along the 4�'' a � '' � �-� ;- coastline. *PC:Jodie Rosam. • wfr Cry / Aft 1-3