SPACE, Bellyacres problems

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Originally posted by Rob Tucker


On a parallel most all the large Ohia was logged out of Puna many years ago by a company called Hawaii Planing Mill (HPM). They were sold to mainland railroads for railroad ties. Thousands of those Ohia railroad ties rot in the to this date out in the Mojave Desert. Seems the wood was too hard to drive a spike into. So all that timber was wasted.

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Yes, many,many years ago. say, in the mid 1800's. Of course this was all done under the "Kingdom of Hawaii" regime. Yes, the raping of the land goes way back to the Native Hawaiian period. That does not make it OK to illegally harvest our protected natural resources that the Hawaiians tended to overlook, but we have now decided to protect.

Also, check your history. The golden spike driven into the last tie in Utah connecting the intercontinental railroad was an Ohia tie from Pahoa. You are mistaking the eucalyptus trees that did not work as ties.

This historical event in no way justifys the illegal harvesting of our protected Ohias on State Conservation land. Laws are on the books to prevent this and they must be followed and violators must be brought to justice.