Pahole Forest
Reasons that we have chosen the Pahole Forest, also known as the Waianae Mountain, with the non-native and native species because most are endemic. Future generations will never see what we once had. If we can’t protect what we have now, they will have nothing. Native species are so important to the environment because its what makes it go round, it brings everything back in the cycle and everything is intertwined with each other. Once you take something out there is no way to know for sure you will ever get it back.
The forest itself lies within the ahupua’a of Waialua. This particular ahupua’a begins at the top of the Waianae Mountain Range and ends on the north-western part of the island. So far there has been no major streams that flow through the forest or the ahupua’a in its entirety. In the Pahole Forest Natural Reserve, managers workers of the state like the DLNR have been working hard to eradicate these non-native plant such as the Strawberry Guava and the Rosey Wolf Snail. Protective fencing around majorly rare plant species have been constructed to keep out many feral pigs or animals from destroying and inhibiting its future existence. One specific species volunteers have been trying to revive in the area is the endemic Native Hawaiian Tree Snail. This particular species of snail is just one of about 7 snails that remain on the island, two of which are endangered. The Hawaiian Tree Snail is a very rare species that have very slow reproductive rates, making it a hard species to revive after mild extinction.
The forest itself lies within the ahupua’a of Waialua. This particular ahupua’a begins at the top of the Waianae Mountain Range and ends on the north-western part of the island. So far there has been no major streams that flow through the forest or the ahupua’a in its entirety. In the Pahole Forest Natural Reserve, managers workers of the state like the DLNR have been working hard to eradicate these non-native plant such as the Strawberry Guava and the Rosey Wolf Snail. Protective fencing around majorly rare plant species have been constructed to keep out many feral pigs or animals from destroying and inhibiting its future existence. One specific species volunteers have been trying to revive in the area is the endemic Native Hawaiian Tree Snail. This particular species of snail is just one of about 7 snails that remain on the island, two of which are endangered. The Hawaiian Tree Snail is a very rare species that have very slow reproductive rates, making it a hard species to revive after mild extinction.