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REPORT OF ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF FORESTRY 
MARCH, 1922 
April 20, 1922. 
Superintendent of Forestry, 
Honolulu, T. H. 
Dear Sir: The following statement of my activities during March, 
1922, is respectfully submitted: 
The entire month was spent on the island of Oahu, about one-third 
of the time being taken up by work in the field and the remainder in 
the Honolulu office. 
PUPUKEA 
Two days were spent with the Superintendent and Ranger Ellis on ii 
field trip to the north end of the island. On March 9 we inspected the 
forest planting done in the Pupukea Forest Reserve by a pineapple 
grower, in return for the .temporary use of land within the forest re- 
serve. Of the several species planted, Ficus retusa and native koa made 
the best growth. A quantity of halapepe seed was gathered on this 
trip, and several sandalwood and aliakea logs found cut in trespass were 
confiscated. 
KUAOKALA 
On March 10 an unfenced portion of the Kuaokala Forest Reserve 
boundary was marked with standard boundary pipes, in order to indi- 
cate clearly to the lessee of adjacent Government lands where required 
fences are to be built. A great portion of this reserve has been illegally 
overrun by livestock for so many years that the native fores-t has. been 
reduced to mere pockets of timber in the gulch bottoms and on in- 
accessible slopes. The ridge-tops and gentler slopes are covered with 
lantana and coarse grasses, while in many places serious erosion has 
occurred. To restore this treeless area to forest cover will now require 
extensive and costly planting and the lapse of many more years than 
were required to destroy the original forest. 
The first need in this work of reforestation is the immediate expulsion 
of all stock and the construction of stockproof fences and barriers 
around the boundary. Until absolute protection is assured by the con- 
struction of such fences it will be useless to attempt planting of 
any sort. 
MISCELLANEOUS FIELD WORK 
On March 13 a trip was made with the Superintendent and Ranger 
Ellis to the summit of Konahuanui for the purpose of further observing 
the condition of the forest from the standpoint of Rule V of the Board, 
which orders the closing of this trail to trampers. 
On March 18 an examination of the Hilo grass eradication experi- 
ment in Nuuanu Valley was made. Comparatively few Leucacna glaucd 
seedlings were found, their number showing a heavy loss since the first 
examination six months ago. It is obvious that this loss was due to 
the continued vigorous growth of the Hilo grass, which is now so dense 
on the plots from which it was cleared and burned one year ago, that 
little difference can be detected between these plots and the adjacent 
area on which the grass was left undisturbed. The only hope of reason- 
able success is offered by the ' ' cleared-and-plowed" plots on which a 
few Leucacna seedlings seem vigorous enough ultimately to overtop the 
grass. 
On the same day intensive examination of the experimental planta- 
tion of eucalyptus on the Ewa side of Nuuanu Valley was begun. 
Two and one-half days were spent on field work for a map of a portion 
of Round-Top Forest Reserve in the vicinity of the prison camp. 
March 22 was spent at Kahuku, where, in company with interested 
parties, an examination was made of the country mauka of the cane 
and pineapple lands, with a view to the creation of a new forest reserve. 
