HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024-03-11 PL-SMA-2023-000046 Amanda Jarvis Opposition Testimony From: Amanda Jarvis
To: W PCtesti mono
Subject: SAVE PUNALU"U BLACK SAND BEACH
Date: Monday, March 11, 2024 11:36:03 AM
Please deny the Shoreline Management Area/SMA permit extension for Black Sands Beach LLC at Punalu'u.
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.
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."
Mahalo 1
Amanda Jarvis