Laserfiche WebLink
<br />Comm 26-017 <br />y, <br />Tel(808) 537-4508 <br />Fax (808) 545-2019 <br />Honolulu, HI 96817 <br />nature.org/HawaiiPalmyra <br />January 30, 2026 <br />VIA EMAIL: ekf@edithkanakaolefoundation.org <br /> <br />Hilo, HI 96720-4914 <br />VIA EMAIL: kamuela.kaapana@tpl.org <br />Trust for Public Land <br /> <br /> <br />Re: the protection and purchase of <br />To Whom it May Concern, <br />The Nature Conservancy strongly supports <br />Trust for Public Land’s effort to purchase and protect (approximately 1,600 acres) in <br /> <br />nd management <br />practices as well as protecting significant cultural and archaeological sites including a railroad <br /> <br />-based non-profit 501(c)(3) organization <br />established in 1990 to maintain and perpetuate the teachings, beliefs, practices, philosophies, and <br />s to elevate Hawaiian intelligence <br />through cultural education founded on the teachings and traditional practices of Edith and Luka <br />and resource practices as well as cultural site restoration, protocol, and ritual. <br />The Nature Conservancy (TNC) is a global nonprofit conservation organization whose mission is to <br />conserve the lands and waters on which all life depends. TNC started as a small land trust <br />protecting 60 acres of forest in New York in 1955. TNC has been working to protect lands in <br /> <br />In 2002, The Nature Conservancy established the 3,511- <br />protect biologically rich and intact native forest in and near the 61,500- <br />Mauna Loa’s southeast flank, one of the largest areas of intThese <br />forest ecosystems provide sanctuary to 153 endemic plant species (including 32 known rare or <br />endangered) and support one of Hawaii’s richest remaining assemblages of endangered forest <br />birds. <br />BOARD OF TRUSTEES <br />Duke E. Ah Moo Kris Billeter Dr. C. Tana BurkertAnne S. Carter (Chair) Daniel J. Dunn <br />Jan Elliott Matt Emerson Benjy Garfinkle Sean A. Hehir Puni Jackson <br />Brett MacNaughton Janet Montag Alicia Moy John R. Sabas Vern Yamanaka <br />Ihupani Advisory Council: Paul D. Alston Eiichiro Kuwana <br />Duncan MacNaughton Jean E. Rolles Crystal K. Rose Nathan E. Smith <br /> Founders: Samuel A. Cooke Herbert C. Cornuelle <br /> <br />