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From: kol [kol@hawaii.rr.com] i, 1..., C , <br /> Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2005 8:58 AM I'llt;i ~ ' ~ ' ` <br /> To: counciltestimony@co.hawaii.hi.us <br /> Subject: requesting funding in the budget for a land cdnservation fund <br /> i~Cl <br /> l <br /> Dear County Council members, I am writing in support of including funds for the purchase of conservation land in this <br /> year's county budget. Our native habitats are precious and critical to our way of life. When we lose our native inhabitants <br /> we lose what is unique and special about <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft- <br /> com:office:smarttags" />Hawai~i. The number of home annual constructions has nearly doubled since 2001 and is likely to <br /> continue to increase. Most of our privately owned land has no legal protection and owners tend to bulldoze their entire <br /> parcel just to build family homes. Fragile native rainforest is being unnecessarily destroyed and replaced by lawns. Parcels <br /> are being subdivided into smaller and smaller lots thus increasing the number of houses/acre. This alarming rate of <br /> development is threatening the survival of our native habitats and species. If we do not take aggressive steps to protect <br /> our land now, we will loose it, and once it is gone we cannot get it back. Let's not miss this opportunity to protect our way of <br /> life for future generations.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" <br /> <br /> Sincerely yours, <br /> <br /> Dr Laura Brezinsky ` <br /> Comm. No. ~~'r • O <br /> Ref. To: <br /> Ref. Date ,~n~~4 Z~_ <br /> 1 <br /> <br />