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treatment plant begins about 30 ft. beyond its west boundary. The towering and dilapidated old sugar mill A-frame stands about 100 yards southwest beyond the property's upper west corner. The Hamakua Energy power plant resides between 1/4 to 1/2 mile to the west. Prior to the property's use as pastureland the property was in sugar cane cultivation. There is no known evidence that this property was used as sugar mill discharge or disposal area, as was a property perhaps a quarter mile to the west, and thus it is less likely to be harboring toxic remnants such as has been confirmed in that property to the west. It is unknown if soil toxicity studies have been performed, though this seems unlikely. To the east this property is bounded by 4 or 5 elegant residential properties of 10 to 20 acres each. Thus there is little in the way of natural resources, habitat or ecosystem to be protected or preserved. Rather than protection and preservation, our challenge here is restoration. It is the vision of this nomination that these natural systems be restored with commitment to native reforestation and culturally aligned `food forest', agroforestry, development and maintenance. It is the vision that the furtherance of the educational programs of Honokaa High School will provide one mechanism for design and materialization of these natural resources, habitats and ecosystems. It is the vision that generations of students, and thus adults as these students mature, will be attracted to participate in maintenance of this natural world which they are restoring. There is ample experience and potential for guidance in nearby resources. A number of Honokaa High students currently participate in the cultural `food forest' development occurring in Paauilo under the care of Hui Mau. It is anticipated that the Hui Mau experience will help guide the development of this Honokaa/Haina project in a manner of that which has been achieved by Hui Mau. DLNR's division of Forestry and Wildlife will be consulted for guidance and expertise in native reforestation. This project has been presented to Hawaiian Legacy Reforestation Initiative, a 501 c3 organization which has achieved much in reforestation of the lands below Mana Road starting about 10 miles southeast of this proposed project in the area of Kukaiau. HLRI is also engaged in a reforestation project in the Hakalau area. It is possible that HLRI will have interest and participate in an advisory and consultation role. 4. Preservation of forest, coastal areas, natural beauty and agricultural lands Let's speak of restoration rather than preservation. Reforestation of a 40 acre property may have only limited environmental impact. However, it should be noted that the coastal properties beyond this property's west border belong to Hawaii Health Systems, operating the Honokaa sewage treatment plant, and then, on beyond, Hamakua Energy holding another 30 to 40 partially wooded acres. Beyond that lays Bishop Estate's vast land holdings. It is suggested that these institutional owners might be receptive to native reforestation projects on their properties as well. Their properties are partially grazed by cattle, but also dominated by Guinea grass and scrub brush and invasive forest. Thus, those institutions would observe with interest a project of reforestation, both native and productive from the `food-forest', on their boundaries. Thus this initial project of native reforestation here could initiate a generational project of reforestation along a much broader expanse of the Hamakua coast. It might be that even as County acquisition is achieved, proposal could be made to these institutions toward development of an upper Hamakua, coastal scale Sugg.26-03