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helps increase the size and sustainability of this multi-agency nature preserve that surrounds <br /> the community. Protecting the rain forest in Volcano may be especially important to the <br /> adjacent, thin band of rain forest in the National Park on the windward side of Kilauea Caldera. <br /> With young lava flows, shallow soils, and many landscapes untouched by clearing and <br /> bulldozers, another and sometimes overlooked feature of geological and biological importance <br /> are lava tubes and caves deserving of protection and preservation. Some lots have cave <br /> openings and segments of the accessible 40 mile Kazamura Cave, described as the world's <br /> longest lava tube cave. The humid, dark zones of many caves support an endemic, cave- <br /> adapted suite of native arthropods. <br /> 11 <br />