06-07-2026, 04:32 AM
Another loss for Hilo and Big Island. Is this how you manage cost saving measures? Terminate a $1 lease? Maybe ask these people to count to 10, divide by 65, not sure it’s worth asking them to multiply. Don’t like science. Don’t like math.
The lease that permits Forest Service scientists to use a 30,000 acre lot in Hilo, Hawaii, for instance, was signed in 2002, between the Department of Agriculture and the Hawaii Board of Land and Natural Resources, and is valid through 2067. For renting the land located at the University of Hawaii for 65 years, the federal government paid a one-time fee of $1, the lease obtained by NPR shows.
https://www.npr.org/2026/06/06/nx-s1-583...rvice-cuts
The lease that permits Forest Service scientists to use a 30,000 acre lot in Hilo, Hawaii, for instance, was signed in 2002, between the Department of Agriculture and the Hawaii Board of Land and Natural Resources, and is valid through 2067. For renting the land located at the University of Hawaii for 65 years, the federal government paid a one-time fee of $1, the lease obtained by NPR shows.
https://www.npr.org/2026/06/06/nx-s1-583...rvice-cuts