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REPLOGLE: Thank you. Anything else Commissioners? I have a question and all 3 of you are <br /> welcome to answer it. Don't your communities up there have a system for homeowners to place <br /> their properties in conservation easements as they sell them? So as an example, you have <br /> cleared, built your home, saving as much of the forest as possible. When you sell it, you can put <br /> a conservation easement on it that will protect the trees and I asked this because it goes to what <br /> all 3 of you have been saying regarding protecting this native forest. Anyone of you could <br /> answer that. <br /> HAWK: I can answer. <br /> REPLOGLE: Okay. <br /> HAWK: I know that there's obviously this opportunity that is available to anyone who wants to <br /> do it via the Hawaii Land Trust, I believe. We currently have seven (7)properties who have <br /> done that so far in Volcano. I'm curious, so how does this pertain to the current issue application <br /> that we're talking about? <br /> REPLOGLE: I think it pertains to it in terms of what people in your community think about <br /> your forest and what you've all been saying. And I just wanted to know if that was in fact did <br /> happen, I heard about it several years ago and I think it may have even started in Mauna Loa <br /> Estates. <br /> HAWK: Ah okay. Yeah, I know that several people have done that. But it's probably not the <br /> kind of thing that maybe someone have a lot of means and know-how and extremely passionate <br /> about the environment would seek out. I don't think it's something that everyone knows about, <br /> but I am proud that we do have a handful of people who have done that in the village, one of <br /> them is right across the road from me. <br /> REPLOGLE: Okay, thank you. Any further questions? Okay. <br /> The public testimony ended at 9:15 a.m. <br /> Respectfully submitted, <br /> Melissa Dacayanan-Salvador <br /> Secretary to Boards and Commissions <br /> 7 <br /> EXHIBIT A <br />