WAIMEA

The Waimea tract consists of the uplands above the Mana Plain, west of Waimea Canyon and the highway to Kokee, and southwest of the Kokee area. Approximately 13,1 acres, this tract mainly consists of forested gulches draining the Kokee Plateau. Some 2,200 acres of ridge land are estimated as having potential for sugar cultivation, suggesting slopes The balance of amenable also to other kinds of development.

nearly 13,000 acres are gulch lands and narrow ridges.

These two parcels are located on the Hamakua coast neat When Waikoloa" is translated iterally, it town of Honokaa. In this instance, however. :: may means duck water or duck pond. be referring to the wind which comes from the northwest. "Wai ale ale" translates as "rippling water" or "overflowing These parcels are water." The significance of this is not known. surrounded by Kamoku-Kapulena.

-Vegetation:

1,500 feet

3,400 feet

Two dominant soil associations prevail in
the parcels; Honokaa Silty Clay Loan
(10-20% slope) which lends itself to
pasture and Rough Broken Land (RB) which
does not. The former association
fortunately occurs more often.

Low 50's to High 70's (average 68 F)

Variable 40-60 inches annually in higher elevations and 100-150 inches annually in the lower elevations.

The area is utilized as pasture and is
primarily covered by Kikuyu grass

(Pennisetum clandestinum). Few scattered
koa and ohia dot the landscape.

-Infrastructure: The area is bisected byt the Hawaii Belt
Highway and Mamalohoa Highway. County

-Land Use

Designation:

-Archaeological

Sites:

-Environmental

domestic water is in the area as are
utilities.

Agriculture--State Land Use Commission/
Pature--DHHL General Plan

No sites have been reported to DLNR.

Significance: No endangered or threatened species are

known to inhabit the area. The area's major
significance is that it serves as buffer
between human development and native

ecosystems at the higher elevations and
further to the east.

DHHL LAND USE/ENCUMBRANCES:

-Homesteading Leases: Pastoral - 4 leases

-Former Proclamation Lands: 289.14 acres returned by DLNR (Hamakua Forest Reserve) PROC. OF 12/22/28

CHEL BENEFICIARY DEMAND:

(PAS) Island-wide

Waimea

DHHL CONCERNS:

-Feasibility of developing stockwater system for the acea

DHHL PLANNING REFERENCES:

-DHHL General Plan, April, 1976.

-Land Use Study of Hawaiian Home Lands for the State of Hawaii, Analytical Planning Consultants, Inc. Honolulu, Hawaii, April 30, 1971.

-Cleg, Donald and Richard A. Bird, Program Study and Evaluation of the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands. State of Hawaii, submitted to the Office of the Governor, January 20, 1971.

-NHDO, A Notebook of Commonly Known Archaeological and Historical Sites Located on Lands Administered by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, Special Publication 1, July, 1984 (rev. 11/84)

-NHDO, A Notebook of Unique Ecosystems and Habitats for Threatened and Endangered Species on Lands Administered by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands. Special Publication 2, July, 1985.

-DHHL, Land Inventory and Land Use Study for the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, Arthur Akinaka, Ltd., December 18, 1972.