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Pete Hoffmann o, r Phone No. Hilo: (808) 961-8027
Council Member y Phone No. Waimea: (808) 887-2043
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District 9 -North and South Kohala Fax No.: (808) 887-2072
E-Mail: poffmann&o.hawaii.hims
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HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL
County of Hawai `i
Hawai `i County Building Holomua Center
25Aupuni Street 64-1067 Mamalahoa Highway, Suite C-5
Hilo, Hawai `i 96720 Waimea. Hawai'i 96743 0
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TO: J Yoshimoto, Chair =
and Members of the Hawaii County Council r
FROM:~Yete Hoffmann, Council Member
DATE: June 24, 2009 -
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SUBJECT: Strawberry Guava Field Trip
I would like to place on the July 71h Council Committee agenda a visit to the Waiakea Forest
Reserve, a State of Hawaii land managed by the Division of Forestry and Wildlife. This visit
will offer an insight on what the native Hawaiian forest looks like with and without the
strawberry guava trees.
The visit will start at the Upper Waiakea Forest Reserve, on the north side of Stainback
Highway, approximately 11.9 miles above the entrance to Pana`ewa Rainforest Zoo, at the
junction of an unpaved road known as "R" Road (a small "R" sign is posted on the north side of
Stainback Road at this location). The visit will then continue down Stainback Highway to "C"
Road, which is 3.7 miles above the zoo junction and still within the Waiakea Forest Reserve.
Please see the attached map for more directions.
Both visited areas are open to the public and accessible with passenger vehicles, but everyone
will need to walk along a potentially wet forest trail for about 5 minutes at each site. Hiking
shoes and rain gear are recommended.
To have the best, well-rounded experience in this forest would require 2 hours and 30 minutes.
However, an abbreviated trip can be done in 1 hour 30 minutes, but will not provide the full
experience of the two sites.
Please place on the appropriate committee agenda.
Thank you. op
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