Habitat plan may cost up to $2 million

Honolulu Advertiser ^ | Saturday, October 5, 2002 | Advertiser Staff

[Vidalia]

A draft analysis of the economic impact of designating areas of Maui and Kaho'olawe as critical habitat for rare plants estimates the cost at between $310,000 and $2 million over a 10-year period.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed setting aside 126,500 acres on Maui and 19,000 acres on Ka-ho'olawe to protect 61 plant species. Fifty-three percent of the land is state-owned, 45 percent privately owned and a small portion is part of Haleakala National Park.

[Vidalia]

The island of Kaho'olawe (target practice area for the US military for decades, full of live ordinance) is not the target of this program, it is the 126,500 acres on Maui.

Go to Hawaii, be swindled by a shyster realtor who will run with your money, then, if you get a clear title, stand by and watch as the Environmentalists direct the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service directly to "your" property.

Then watch as an environmentalist group with a name you have never heard of create a "non profit" enterprise on the very property you thought you owned for a couple of weeks.

Sure thing, Paradise is an investor's dream...

[terilyn]

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[Vidalia]

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