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The property connects over 400,000 contiguous acres of adjacent managed forests <br />including two existing DLNR conservation easements, Kamehameha Schools lands <br />managed for conservation, Three Mountain Alliance Watershed Partnership managed lands, <br />and Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, creating a large contiguous managed forest area of <br />over 400,000 acres. <br /> The project protects watershed including replenishment of the aquifer used by residents and <br />for agriculture and reducing soil erosion in the waters of Kealakekua Bay. <br />Special Opportunity for Acquisition and Management <br /> Federal funding of $1.5 million is secured; other state, federal and private requests are <br />pending. <br /> Federal Forest Legacy Program funds have been secured ($1.5 million received in FY18) <br /> The property is available for a conservation easement acquisition. <br /> The landowner is willing to sell. <br /> <br />