Hoʻopiʻi ʻia aku ke aupuni mokuʻāina o Hawaiʻi no ka make nui ʻana o nā manu o Hawaiʻi nei.
ʻO ia aʻela kekahi poʻo nūhou o kēia lā, ka lā 24 o ʻAukake, he Pōʻahā. Welina e nā makamaka. ʻO Ke Aolama kēia a penei ka nūhou.
Hoʻopiʻi aku nei kekahi mau hui mālama ʻāina i ke aupuni mokuʻāina o Hawaiʻi no ka hoʻopōʻino ʻana i kekahi mau manu i ʻane nalowale loa. ʻO ka pilikia, ʻo ka māʻamaʻama loa o kona mau hale ma ke kahua mokulele a me nā awa kū moku ma Kauaʻi, Maui a me Lānaʻi. Hei akula nā manu i nā kukui a hele ihola a huikau, a lele aʻela a puni nā kukui. A laila, piula ihola a hāʻule ihola i ka honua a i ʻole ia, hoʻokuʻi akula i nā hale ma kahi e kokoke ana. ʻEkolu ʻano manu i pilikia i ia mau kukui, ʻo ka ʻuaʻu, ʻo ka ʻuaʻu kani, a me ka ʻakēʻakē. A ʻo ka ʻuaʻu a me ka ʻuaʻu kani, ʻo Hawaiʻi wale nō ko lākou wahi e noho ai. A mai nā makahiki 1990, ua emi ihola ka ʻuaʻu kani he 94% ma muli o ia mau kukui mālamalama. A ma ia wā like, emi ihola ka ʻuaʻu ma Kauaʻi, he 70% a ʻoi.
E hōʻike ana ka papa o nā kahu kula o ke Kulanui o Hawaiʻi ma kahi ʻōlelo hoʻoholo i ka paʻa o kona manaʻo e mālama pono iā luna o Mauna Kea a e hoʻihoʻi ʻia iho ana he 10,000 ʻeka ʻāina i ke aupuni mokuʻāina. No ke kūkulu ʻana paha ia i ka ʻOhe Nānā Kanakolu Mika. Ua nui ka hoʻohalahala ʻia ʻana o ke Kulanui o Hawaiʻi no ka hoʻokō ʻole ʻana i kona kuleana ma Mauna Kea. Ma ia ʻōlelo hoʻoholo a ka papa kahu kulanui, hōʻike ke kulanui, ʻo kekahi pahu hopu, e lilo ia i kulanui helu ʻekahi ma ka lawelawe ʻana i ka hana no ka poʻe ʻōiwi o Hawaiʻi nei. A kuhikuhi ʻia ke kulanui e hoʻomāhuahua i nā haumāna Hawaiʻi a me nā kānaka ʻē aʻe ma ke kilo hōkū a me nā mea e pili ana i ka lewa luna lilo ma kekahi polokalamu e kālele ana i ka ʻike kupuna a me ka hoʻohana ʻana o nā haumāna i nā ʻohe nānā o Mauna Kea. Akā, wahi a Kealoha Pisciotta, kekahi o nā Kū Kiaʻi ʻĀina, he hoʻokamani wale nō ka hana ma ia ʻōlelo hoʻoholo, ʻaʻole i loli iki ka hana o ke kulanui ma ke ʻano he konohiki no Mauna Kea ma nā makahiki he 20 a ʻoi. Hōʻike ka waha ʻōlelo o ke Kulanui o Hawaiʻi, ʻo Dan Meisenzahl, he mau hana hewa kā ke Kulanui ma Mauna Kea ma mua, akā, ma nā makahiki i hala iho nei, ua holo mua loa ke ʻano o ka mālama ʻana.
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