HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0377.501 2024-2026From: kapulei flores
Sent: Tuesday, September 2, 2025 8:59 AM
To: Council Testimony
Subject: support resolution 234-35
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 Oahu 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 %ina. Please support this resolution to protect the land, water, and
people of Hawaii.
Mahalo, a Native Hawaiian from Waimea
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