HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0377.347 2024-2026From: Mimi Pickering
Sent: Monday, August 18, 2025 5:59 AM
To: Council Testimony
Subject: Support Res. 234-25
Aloha Committee Members,I strongly support Resolution 234-25, Which can protect the land, water and
people of Hawaii.
I am a tax paying property owner on the Big Island and am deeply concerned about the US Military
training activities that threaten Pohakuloa, a sacred place with deep cultural and ecological significance.
US Military training at Pohakuloa has already caused serious harm -burning nearly 20,000 acres,
contaminating the land, and threatening endangered 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.T'here is also serious concern about depleted uranium left in the soil, which can become airborne
during exercises and has known health risks.Continued military use is incompatible
with Pohakuloa conservation status and the values of aloha `dina.
Please support this resolution to protect the land, water, and people of Hawaii.y
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Sincerely -- Amelia (Mimi) Pickering
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