THE Hawaiian forester 



AND AGRICULTURIST 



Vol. XV. 



Honolulu, December, 1918. 



No. 12 



New Forest Reserves 



The work of examining and setting apart the general forest 

 reserve system in the- Territory of Hawaii was completed on 

 December 31, 1918, when Governor C. J. McCarthy signed proc- 

 lamations creating five new forest reserves and thereby adding 

 41,355 acres to the area of forested lands already reserved for 

 protection as water conservers. At the same time a small area 

 of deforested land, less than an acre, was eliminated in order to 

 make a desirable exchange for a similar area of forested land. 



These new reserves consisted of the Nonou in the Puna dis- 

 trict, Kauai, embracing 818 acres of government land; the Puu 

 Ka Pele, in Waimea, Kauai, 4900 acres of government land; 

 the Mokuleia, in Waialua, Oahu, 6290 acres of government 

 land; the Hauula, in Koolauloa, Oahu, consisting of 1143 acres 

 of government land and 8050 acres of private land; an addition 

 of 104 acres of government land to the existing Makua-Keaau 

 Forest Reserve, in Waianae, Oahu ; and the Olaa Forest Reserve, 

 in Puna, Hawaii, consisting of 20,030 acres of government forest 

 land. From Section C of the Olaa Forest Park Reserve, Olaa, 

 Puna, Hawaii, 30,000 square feet of land without forest on it 

 was eliminated for the exchange of an equal area bearing a 

 heavy forest. 



According to custom, the reports of the Superintendent of 

 Forestry on these new projects, together with the official procla- 

 mations of the Governor, are printed herewith. 



The new reserves bring the present total area of government 

 forest lands, placed in the hands of the Board of Agriculture 

 and Forestry for protection and administration, up to 554,842 

 acres, and the total area of all lands, including those privately 

 owned, recommended to be treated in the same manner, up to 

 814,926 acres. Of this total area, 68 per cent belongs outright 

 to the Territory. 



The work of forestry in these Islands, however, does not con- 

 sist merely in the setting aside of these reserves on paper by 

 official proclamation. This demarcation is the essential first 

 step in the beginning of forest protection and administration, but 

 during the past few years it has gone hand in hand with actual 



