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THE  LIHUE  - KOLOA  AND  THE  MOLOAA  FOREST 
RESERVES  ON  KAUAI. 
REPORT  OF  THE  SUPERINTENDENT  OF  FORESTRY. 
Honolulu,  Hawaii,  April  22,  1909. 
Committee  on  Forestry, 
Board  of  Commissioners  of 
Agriculture  and  Forestry, 
Honolulu. 
Gentlemen  : — I have  the  honor  to  submit  a report  with  recom- 
mendations in  regard  to  the  creation  of  two  additional  forest  re- 
serves on  the  Island  of  Kauai. 
The  areas  in  question  are  ( 1 ) parts  of  the  mountain  section 
back  of  and  above  the  McBryde,  Koloa  and  Lihue  Sugar  Planta- 
tions, and  (2)  the  area  on  the  north  slope  of  the  Anahola  Ridge, 
together  with  the  adjoining  lands  to  the  west  above  Kilauea. 
These  projects  should  be  termed  respectively  the  “Lihue-Koloa 
Forest  Reserve”  and  the  “Moloaa  Forest  Reserve.”  The  reserva- 
tion of  these  two  areas  will  complete  the  forest  resrve  system  on 
Kauai,  with  the  possible  exception  that  a small  reserve  might  well 
be  made  to  include  the  steep,  partially  forested  ridge  south  of 
Lihue,  of  which  Haupu  is  the  chief  peak. 
The  object  of  both  proposed  reserves  is  the  protection  of  im- 
portant watersheds.  Both  contain  government  and  privately 
owned  land.  In  both  the  greater  part  of  the  private  land  has 
been  for  some  years  and  is  now  treated  as  a private  forest  reserve. 
But  to  get  the  best  results  in  the  long  run  the  entire  area  should 
be  set  apart  officially,  so  that  it  can  more  easily  be  brought  under 
a systematic  form  of  forest  management  with  one  central  control. 
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THE  LIHUE-KOLOA  FOREST  RESERVE. 
The  proposed  Lilnie-Koloa  Forest  Reserve  extends  from  the 
eastern  boundary  of  the  Na  Pali-Kona  Forest  Reserve  to  the 
southern  boundary  of  the  Kealia  Forest  Reserve.  It  takes  in  the 
entire  southeastern  side  of  the  central  mountain  mass  of  the  Island 
of  Kauai,  in  the  Districts  of  Kona  and  Puna,  embracing  all  the 
area  above  the  plantations  that  still  remains  in  forest,  or  which 
ought  to  be  brought  back  under  a forest  cover  for  the  better  pro- 
tection of  the  streams  that  are  needed  for  the  irrigation  of  the 
lower  lying  agricultural  lands. 
Lands  Included. 
The  proposed  reserve  contains  an  aggregate  total  area  of  29,260 
acres.  Of  this  12,945  acres,  or  44  per  cent.,  is  government  land. 
