Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 23, Number 8, 1 August 2006 — Manaaement agreement signed with state land department [ARTICLE]

Manaaement agreement signed with state land department

ln addition to acqumng the Wao Kele property, OHA also signed a memorandum of agreement with the state's Department of Land and Natural resources under whieh the two agencies, along with the surrounding eommunities, will manage the forest in partnership until OHA is ready to take over the task on its own. Until then, the OHA board has allocated up to $228,000 per year to help pay for DLNR's management services. The idea is that DLNR ean help teach OHA about modern land-management practices, while OHA ean educate DLNR

about traditional Hawaiian ones. "Through this acquisition, we are able to bring peaee to this plaee," said Peter Young, DLNR director and chairperson of the Board of Land and Natural Resources. "The benefit goes beyond the transfer of this land to OHA; it also creates the opportunity to incorporate contemporary land and forest management techniques with traditional practices for the best overall management regime."