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PONC - AttachmentB Attachment B: Provide a clear statement detailing how public acquisition would fulfill one or more of the above resource values. Explain the intent, long-term vision, and/or strategy of this proposed acquisition or project. • Public outdoor recreation and education, including access to beaches and mountains • Preservation of historic or culturally important land areas and sites • Protection of natural resources, significant habitat or ecosystems, including buffer zones • Preservation of forests, including beaches, coastal areas, natural beauty, and agricultural lands • Protection of watershed lands to preserve water quality and water supply The proposed acquisition of the Hilea Property (TMK: (3) 9-5-018-001) would fulfill multiple resource values listed above. The intent, long-term vision, and strategy of the proposed acquisition is to (1) permanently protect and preserve the native forest on the Hilea Property to enhance habitat connectivity and resiliency for the benefit of all native flora and fauna that depend on the native forest (2) protect the natural resources and provide habitat protection and ecosystem management to promote the recovery of Endangered Species Act (ESA)-listed species with recovery plans (3) protect the Hilea watershed by ensuring the property's high- quality agricultural lands and native forest are properly managed and never developed to preserve water quality and water supply (4) preserve the property's important cultural resources, including a significant heiau on Pu`u Makanau, by ensuring appropriate management (5) provide education, community engagement and outdoor recreation opportunities. Natural Areas This property has a rich variety of natural features, including Pu`u Pakua, which is almost entirely covered in high-quality native forest, Pu`u Makanau, which has forested slopes and a flat plateau in agricultural pasture use, the major natural drainage of Hilea stream, the lower plateau below Makanau known as cane field "Eight Nui" and two miniature sheltered valleys on the southern edge of Pakua and Makanau. Habitat Protection Approximately half of the property is forested, with half of the forested area consisting of high- quality native forest and the other half in mixed native, canoe plants and other non-native species. Pakua is a long hill that is situated at the back of Makanau. It has 340 acres of `Ohi`a /Uluhe lowland wet forest, which is fenced off from surrounding pasture lands. The area is composed of a nearly continuous blanket of uluhe with emergent and widely spaced `ohi`a trees. The forest also provides habitat for native plants like `ohe mauka, mamaki, kopiko, `olapa, hapu`u pulu, hapu`u Vi, hapu`u meu, maile, `uki`uki, `ie`ie, ho`awa, ha`iwale, nuku `i`iwi, kanawao and olona. Native honeycreepers, the Hawaiian Hawk and the Hawaiian Hoary bat are also known to frequent the area. Sugg.26-04