HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024-03-19 Punalu'u Nicole Kanani OP From: Nicole Soliz
To: W PCtesti mons
Subject: Punalu"u 5
Date: Tuesday, March 19,2024 8:24:01 PM
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Aloha,
Do not approve the SMA permit to allow these new developers to use and
desecrate the wahi kapu of Punalu`u.We Demand an Environmental Impact
Statement and new Shoreline Survey Certification.
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.
A pristine and wahi kapu,sacred place, Kamehameha Paiea trained here as a
teenager with his cousin Keouakuahuula and other ali`i.Kuleana Lands.Four
heiau,one dedicated to Kanaloa,one to Lono,one to Kane and one to Ku,
numerous historic and archaeological sites,caves and ali`i burials are
extremely sacred and need to be protected.
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.We Demand an Environmental Impact
Statement and new Shoreline Survey Certification.
Mahalo,
Nicole Kanani
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