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Abigail Jensen <br />7th Grade Student <br />Volcano School of Arts and Sciences <br />Volcano, Hawai'i, 96785 <br />February 7, 2019 <br />Charter Commission <br />Hilo, Hawaii <br />Dear Commissioners, <br />Regarding: 2% Land Fund Program <br />My name is Abigail Jensen, my parents are Erica and Dan Jensen and we live <br />in Kurtistown. I am honored to go to Kawa because it is so beautiful and I get to <br />Team about the native plants and the ancient Hawaiians who once lived there. <br />Kawa is important to the community, to myself, to the ancient Hawaiians, to the <br />tourists, and the world because it is a place of great importance that holds a place <br />in all of our hearts. It is a place where we learn the history of old Hawai'i, the <br />science of the native plants and discover its beauty. <br />We go to Kawa about once or twice a month. When we go down to Kawa, we <br />clip away invasive plants, water native plants, pick up trash, and dig up eroded <br />springs so that Kawa will be a nicer place to visit in the future. This shows our <br />malama and aloha to the aina. When we first came to Kawa, there was a lot of <br />overgrown invasive plants, trash everywhere, and the beach looked eroded. Now <br />thanks to the efforts that we and our supervisors Kumu James Akau, Uncle Duane <br />Clarissa Pua, and Uncle Kauai Felder, there are a lot of native plants, barely any to <br />no garbage, much less invasive plants, and the beach looks better than ever. I hope <br />that if we continue our efforts it will continue to improve. Places like Kawa, wild, <br />untouched places, are not just important to us and our families, but the visitors and <br />tourists. When tourists see these beautiful undisturbed places, they don't <br />experience what hotels make out Hawai'i to be. They see what Hawai'i truly is, or <br />was. <br />Comm. No. 21.136 <br />