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,..41g7,77.p' Wil Okabe <br /> ▪ ^ �£� Managing Director <br /> Harry Kim - •tom 'r!• <br /> Mayor • "_ <br /> Barbara J.Kossow <br /> ▪ �.. +4....... Deputy Managing Director <br /> ATE pF•`0.7. <br /> C!ODUftr <br /> ®f ti of file 411agor <br /> 25 Aupuni Street,Suite 2603 • Hilo,Hawaii 96720 • (808)961-8211 • Fax(808)961-6553 <br /> KONA: 74-5044 Me Keohokalole Hwy.,Bldg.C • Kailua-Kona,Hawaii 96740 <br /> (808)323-4444 • Fax(808)323-4440 <br /> February 22, 2017 <br /> Senator Jill Tokuda <br /> Ways and Means Committee <br /> Hawai'i State Capitol <br /> Honolulu, HI 96813 <br /> Dear Chair Tokuda and members: <br /> RE: SB 1239 <br /> Thank you for this opportunity to testify in strong support of SB 1239. <br /> The way in which the ohia forests of the Big Island have been decimated cannot <br /> be overstated, and it is difficult to comprehend if not seen in person. It seems that one <br /> day there is a forest that people take for granted and assume will exist for millennia, and <br /> the next day there are barren trees comparable to a severe northern winter. Then the <br /> realization sets in that those trees will not regenerate in the spring, or ever again. <br /> Whatever funding the Senate chooses to provide in SB 1239 will be a small price <br /> to pay to save what remains of this vital natural resource. <br /> Respectfully submitted, <br /> et/<1/.. . <br /> Harry Kim <br /> Mayor <br /> County of Hawai`i is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer. <br />