HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0377.152 2024-2026From: kapulei flores
Sent: Monday, August 18, 2025 12A4 AM
To: Council Testimony
Subject: Support Res. 234-25
Aloha,
I strongly support this resolution 234-35. The US Military training at Pohakuloa has
already caused serious harm like burning nearly 20,000 acres, contaminating the land,
and destroying critical habitat for endangered native species. Beneath this area lies a
major aquifer that supplies fresh water to Hawaii Island, and the military's track record
shows they are not equipped to protect it. We have seen how they destroyed the water
aquifer on Kaho'olawe years ago and we saw how they ruined the natural fresh water
supply on O'ahu with Red Hill. There is also serious concern about depleted uranium left
in the soil, which can become airborne during exercises and has known health risks.
Pohakuloa is a wahi pana- a sacred place with deep cultural and ecological significance.
Continued military use is incompatible with its conservation status and the values of
aloha'aina. Please support this resolution to protect the land, water, and people of
Hawai'i.
Mahalo, a Native Hawaiian from Waimea
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