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Hawai`i Forest Legacy Program

Protecting Private Forest Lands From Conversion to Non-Forest Uses

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The State of Hawai'i Forest Legacy Program is a Federal program that identifies important private forest lands that are threatened by development or fragmentation and provides interested landowners alternatives to selling their land and/or paying increasing land taxes by acquiring conservation easements to willing landowners. Applications are accepted year round with the cut off of August 20th. Projects will be reviewed early September. If a project is accepted it will be taken to the Regional then National Level for review. The entire process generally takes over a year before it is known if the project will be funded. Please contact the Program Manager for examples of applications.

To learn more about the National Forest Legacy Program please visit the USDA Forest Service website.

Articles Relating to Wao Kele O Puna and the Forest Legacy Program 1 | 2

The ammended State of Hawai'i Assessment of Need can be found here: AON

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Click on the map to view proposed new forest legacy areas
(NOTE: you will need to have the free Adobe Acrobat reader instatlled on your computer to view this map. You can get it here)

Public meetings & Announcements:

  • add FY 09 Puu O Hoku (Waiting on National Budget)
  • Soon AG zoned lands will be added as eligable in the Forest Legacy program.
  • We are updating the Watershed Partnership Program GIS Layer, which will expand eligable areas for this program.

Archives:

Questions should be addressed to:
Program Manager
1151 Punchbowl St. Rm. 325
Honolulu, HI 96813
(808) 587-4172
Fax: (808) 587-0160
Email: Sheri.S.Mann@hawaii.gov

 Related resources

Forest Stewardship


Landowner Assistance Programs


Division of Forestry & Wildlife

Department of Land & Natural Resources

State of Hawaii


 

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