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PRIORITY #7: LAMALALOA <br />SUGG. 20-008 <br />(662 points out of possible 800) <br /> <br />Tax Map Key (3) 5-7-001:020 consisting of approx. 35.345 acres of the <br />Pao’o 1 and Lamaloloa ahupua’a in the District of North Kohala, Hawai’i <br /> <br />Anticipated Use <br /> Current uses that will continue with a preservation purchase includes biking, hiking, <br />shoreline fishing, picnicking, and recreation. <br /> Open Space for historical education, environmental, and research actives. <br /> Hawaiian cultural practices and gathering. <br /> Coastal recreation. <br /> <br />Significance <br /> Purchase of the land would provide a continuous publicly-owned coastline from Akoni <br />Pule Hwy to the ocean for a lineal span of almost 4 miles of coastline between <br />Mahukona and Kaupalaoa. <br /> This link in the corridor is studded with archaeological sites, including the Ala Loa and <br />has been relatively untouched by humans since the early 1900s except passively by the <br />people of Kohala who continue to use it as a valuable site for fishing and gathering. <br /> The Hawaiian Hoary Bat and Hawaiian Monk Seal frequent the coast. <br />1.15 <br /> <br />