Ua kālele ʻia ko Ჹɲʻ pono i nā ʻanoʻano ma muli o nā ahi ma ka lā 8 o ʻAukake, ka wā hoʻi i ʻōlelo mai ai nā loea, ʻaʻole lawa ka nui ʻanoʻano ʻōiwi no ka hoʻōla ʻana i ka ʻāina pau ahi he mau kaukani ʻeka.

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Ke hoʻokaʻawale aku nei ke aupuni pekelala i nā kālā he mau miliona i kekahi papahana a ke Kulanui o Ჹɲʻ nāna e hoʻonui nei i ka helu o nā ʻanoʻano ʻōiwi i hiki ke hoʻokūkū me nā mauʻu haole e hoʻonui ahi. 

Ua hāʻawi aku ka U.S. Forest Service iā UH he $4.6 miliona no ka hōʻuluʻulu ʻana mai i nā ʻanoʻano ʻōiwi no ka hoʻouluulu ʻana i nā lāʻau ma ka pae ʻāina. Manaʻo ʻia, na kēia mau lāhulu lāʻau e hōʻola i ka ʻāina pau ahi, e laʻa ka ʻāina ma Maui a me ka Moku o Keawe i ʻAukake i kēlā makahiki aku nei. 

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ʻO nā paʻawela i koe ma o kēlā mau ahi mai, na ia mau paʻawela i hōʻike leʻa i ka nele o nā ʻanoʻano ʻōiwi ʻole e pono ai ka hoʻopaʻa lepo ʻana ma nā ʻāina pau ahi. Ua aʻoaʻo mai ka U.S. Department of Agriculture, e kanu ʻia nā ʻanoʻano haole ma muli o ia nele ʻanoʻano ʻōiwi ʻole ma Ჹɲʻ nei. 

Akā, ma o kēia kālā hou, ke hoʻolālā nei ʻo UH e mahi a hoʻolako i nā ʻanoʻano he mau miliona mai ʻō a ʻō o ka mokuʻāina ma nā waihona ʻanoʻano i kūkulu pono ʻia no ka mālama loa ʻana i nā ʻanoʻano. 

ʻO kēia haʻawina kālā, he hoʻokahi ia o nā haʻawina kālā he ʻeiwa i hāʻawi ʻia iā Ჹɲʻ e ke keʻena nāhelehele i kēlā pule aku nei ma lalo o ke Community Wildfire Defense Grants program. ʻO ke kālā, no kekahi waihona he $1 biliona a he ʻelima makahiki mai ia kālā ma lalo o ka Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. 

Waianae Brush fire tree burned out. 18 nov 2016
He mea koʻikoʻi ka nāhelehele i ko Ჹɲʻ ʻāina a me ke ʻano e ʻā aʻe ai ke ahi ma Ჹɲʻ. No laila, he mea nui ke kāpae ʻana i nā lāhulu haole, a ʻo ia nō kekahi mea a ke Kulanui o Ჹɲʻ e hoʻoponopono aku ai. (Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2016)

Ua loaʻa mai he $1 miliona i ka Hawaii Wildfire Management Organization a me ke keʻena kīnai ahi o ke kalana o Ჹɲʻ no ʻewalu papahana. E hoʻohana ʻia ana ua kālā nei no ka haku a me ka haku hou ʻana i nā Community Wildfire Prevention Plans, he koina mua no ka loaʻa ʻana mai o ke kālā pekelala no nā papahana hōʻalo ahi ʻē aʻe. 

, a ʻo kēia papahana ka mea hoʻokahi nāna e hoʻohana nei i ke kālā no ka hōʻalo ahi a me ka hoʻēmi ahi. 

ʻOi aku ka lohi o ko Ჹɲʻ holomua ma mua o ko haʻi holomua, no laila, he pono ka hoʻomaka ʻana mai kinohi mai me ka hōʻuluʻulu ʻana i nā ʻanoʻano a me ke kanu ʻana i nā lāhulu he “lio hana” no ka hoʻōla ʻana i nā ʻāina pau ahi, wahi a Clay Trauernicht, he alakaʻi papahana a he noiʻi ahi kūlohelohe ma UH. 

Ua hōʻike leʻa nā mea kau kānāwai o ka mokuʻāina i kēia pilikia ma hope o ke ahi ma ʻAukake, a ua aʻoaʻo mai kekahi hui hana a ka Hale i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka waihona ʻanoʻano. Akā, ua hōʻole ka ʻAha Kenekoa i ka pila a ka Hale i pili i kēia pilikia. 

Wahi a Trauernicht, na ke kālā he $4.6 miliona e kākoʻo i ka hana no ka wā lōʻihi, ʻoiai, he mau pae ko ka papahana, a pono ke alu like ʻana o nā hui like ʻole. 

“He pono ka noʻonoʻo pono,” wahi āna. 

Members of the House Finance Committee traveled to Kula on Wednesday to hear from officials with the Natural Resources Conservation Service among others. (Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2023)
I Maui i huakaʻi aku ai nā lālā o ka House Finance Committee ma hope aku o nā ahi, kahi i huʻe ai ka nele ʻana o ka ʻanoʻano ʻōiwi ʻole ma Ჹɲʻ nei. (Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2023)

ʻO ka hōʻuluʻulu ʻana i nā lāhulu ʻōiwi laha loa, he hoʻololi ia i ko Ჹɲʻ hana maʻamau no nā mālama ʻanoʻano, ʻoiai, ua kālele mua ʻia nā lāhulu ʻane halapohe, wahi a Nathaniel Kingsley, ka luna hana o ka waihona ʻanoʻano ma Lyon Arboretum. 

Akā, he mea koʻikoʻi ia mau ʻanoʻano laha loa, no ka mea, hiki iā lākou ke “ulu nui me ka wikiwiki nui” a hiki hoʻi ke hoʻokūkū pono me nā mauʻu haole a puni ahi, wahi a Kingsley. 

ʻO nā lāʻau a me nā ʻanoʻano e hōʻuluʻulu ʻia ana, ʻo ia nō ke koa, , , a i ʻole ka . 

Koho ʻia nā lāʻau e “ola loa ana, ke hoʻokūkū me nā nāhelehele me ka maikaʻi,” wahi a Trauernicht. 

Mahuʻi ʻia ka hoʻomaka ʻana o nā hui e hōʻuluʻulu i nā ʻanoʻano he 2 miliona ma ka pae ʻāina no ka waiho ʻana ma nā waihona ʻanoʻano, e laʻa ʻo Maui Nui Botanical Gardens a me Lyon Arboretum ma Oʻahu nei. 

“ʻO ka mea nui, makemake ʻia ke kanu ʻia ʻana. ʻAʻole makemake e waiho wale i kahi waihona lole a pahu hau.” 

Clay Trauernicht, he noiʻi ahi kūlohelohe ma UH

Wahi a Trauernicht, makaʻala nō nā waihona ʻanoʻano “e hoʻomaopopo pono i kahi i lawe ʻia mai ai nā ʻanoʻano a me ka hoʻopilikia ʻole ʻana i kēlā mau wahi.” 

Akā, ʻo ka pahuhopu nui, ʻaʻole nō ka lilo ʻana i waihona kupapaʻu no nā ʻanoʻano. ʻO ia hoʻi, he wahi ia e hoʻopaʻa lepo a e hoʻōla i ka ʻāina pau ahi ma o nā lāʻau kāohi ahi. 

“ʻO ka mea nui, makemake ʻia ke kanu ʻia ʻana. ʻAʻole makemake e waiho wale i kahi waihona lole a pahu hau.” 

ʻO kā Civil Beat kūkala nūhou ʻana i pili i nā kumuhana kūlohelohe ma Maui, ke uku ʻia nei e nā haʻawina kālā mai ka Center for Disaster Philanthropy a me ka Hawaii Wildfires Recovery Fund, ka Knight Foundation a me ka Doris Duke Foundation. 

Ua kākoʻo ʻia kēia papahana e ka ʻOhana o Harry Nathaniel, Levani Lipton, ka ʻOhana Mar, a me Lisa Kleissner.

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