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WITHDRAWAL OF LAND FROM OLAA FOREST PARK 



RESERVE. 



Honolulu, Hawaii, Nov. 27, 1918. 



Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry, Honolulu. 



Gentlemen : — I have the honor to submit, as follows, a report 

 recommending the withdrawal of 30,000 square feet or 0.69 acre 

 of land from a part of Section C of the Olaa Forest Park Re- 

 serve on the Volcano Road above Glenwood, in Olaa, Puna, 

 Hawaii, for the purpose of exchange with Mr. F. G. Snow for 

 an equal area of privately owned forest land in the immediate 

 vicinity which it is desired to include in the above reserve. The 

 two areas, each 200 feet by 150 feet in size, are shown on the 

 attached maps. 



This section of the Olaa Forest Park Reserve, which was set 

 aside on August 20, 1914, consists of narrow strips of land, nnly 

 150 feet deep, fronting on both sides of the Volcano Road. On 

 some of the homestead lots these reserve strips occupy most of 

 the frontage and in some cases have caused great inconvenience. 



In this case, the piece desired by Mr. Snow is opposite his 

 frontage area across the road, and he desires to use it as a drive- 

 way between his two opposite lots. There is only a scant cov- 

 ering of dying tree ferns and dead ohia trees on this piece, 

 whereas on the piece of equal size which he desires to give the 

 government in exchange, and which is already protected by a 

 fence, there is a heavy forest of ohia and tree ferns in good 

 condition. 



The government will thus benefit by the exchange and, for 

 this reason, I recommend that the Board approve the withdrawal 

 of the 30,000 square feet and that the Governor be requested to 

 take the necessary further action to perfect the exchange. 



Respectfully submitted, 



C. S. JUDD, 

 Superintendent of Forestry. 



Recreation in the National Forests 



How the U. S. Forest Service on the mainland caters to the 

 recreational needs of the public and how the public respects the 

 camping privileges may be seen in the following news item issued 

 by the Portland, Oregon, Forest Service Office concerning the 

 Eagle Creek Camp Grounds on the famous new Columbia High- 

 way in the Oregon National Forest. 



