HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024-03-11 PL-SMA-2023-000046 Briana Spangler Opposition Testimony From: Briana Spangler
To: W PCtesti mony
Subject: Please deny the Shoreline Management Area/SMA permit extension for Black Sands Beach LLC at Punalu"u
Date: Monday,March 11, 2024 7:19:51 AM
Punalu`u means diving springs. Wai ola, water is life. Wai from the mauka aquifers feeds the
ponds at Punalu`u . The fish are plentiful in the brackish water of Punalu`u bay. Home to the
threatened Honu, Green Sea Turtle who loves to bask on the warm sand.
Blanket statement for use in written testimony to help save this beach: use what you wish in
your testimony, Thank you!
The daily impact to the environment of hundreds of people traversing on the tiny beach,
taking sand and iliili pebbles is inevitable, if this development is approved. A corporation will
be encroaching upon the fragile and pristine ecosystem of Punalu`u Bay and Black Sand beach
and Ninole Cove.
This would be very detrimental to the indigenous and endemic animal habitats , native flora
and fauna and the freshwater springs that is the life for us all.
The native Loulu Palm tree, native hawaiian poppy, Pua Kala and the Native cotton plant
Ma`o important to the fauna ecosystem there.
Endangered species live here including the `Ope`apea the native Hawaiian Hoary bat, the
Honu`ea Hawksbill Turtle who lay their eggs and build nests on the sand, the `ilioholoikauaua
monk seal,the native damselfly, the Koloa duck,Nene the Hawaiian goose , `auku`u, the Pueo
native Hawaiian Owl, the Io native hawaiian hawk and many rare varieties of limu, ko`ele,
opihi. The Nai`a spinner dolphin, porpoise, Kohola Humpback whale, Sperm whale, various
species of Mano shark and pilot whales are a few of the sea creatures that inhabit the waters in
and around Punalu`u and Ninole bays.
Do not approve the SMA permit to allow these new developers to use and desecrate the wahi
kapu of Punalu`u