08-25-2026, 01:26 PM
Everyone is ignoring the biggest problem in Puna and the entire east side.
There is a very vocal opposition to tree cutting. It took a hurricane to clear the trees on Kapoho road past Lava Tree.
I lost count of how many times I was nearly crushed by a large tree branch, it got so bad I carried my chainsaw in my truck to clear the road to get through.
Every time the county tried to trim those trees there was a huge outcry about destroying the beautiful tree canopy.
Pohoiki Road has taken 8 years to be restored because they wanted to move it away from the giant mangos and there was a huge outcry about that.
Maybe I could talk my co-op in Ohio to send over their tree trimming crews. They trim the tree from the bottom. They fly helicopters with giant chainsaws along the edges of the cleared areas and then occasionally fly over and spray herbicides to keep everything from growing.
People in Puna go crazy when Helco does aerial line inspections.
There is a very vocal opposition to tree cutting. It took a hurricane to clear the trees on Kapoho road past Lava Tree.
I lost count of how many times I was nearly crushed by a large tree branch, it got so bad I carried my chainsaw in my truck to clear the road to get through.
Every time the county tried to trim those trees there was a huge outcry about destroying the beautiful tree canopy.
Pohoiki Road has taken 8 years to be restored because they wanted to move it away from the giant mangos and there was a huge outcry about that.
Maybe I could talk my co-op in Ohio to send over their tree trimming crews. They trim the tree from the bottom. They fly helicopters with giant chainsaws along the edges of the cleared areas and then occasionally fly over and spray herbicides to keep everything from growing.
People in Puna go crazy when Helco does aerial line inspections.