HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0377.526 2024-2026From: Venus Gonsalves Henriques
Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2025 5:55 PM
To: Council Testimony
Subject: Support Res. 234-25
Aloha Council Members,
I strongly support this resolution.
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 Hawai'i Island, and the military's track record shows they are not equipped to protect it.
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; o
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Venus Henriques Kukuihaele, HI Z9
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