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Conservation group outlines 522‑acre ungulate fence proposal in Koloal Mountains to protect native forest and watershed
Summary
Kolau Mountain Watershed Partnership described plans to enclose about 522 acres in Upper Pia Valley and the Kuleʻoʻo Forest Reserve (roughly 21,000 linear feet of fencing) to keep pigs, goats and other ungulates out of sensitive native forest, while retaining seven step‑over gates for public and hunter access; funding sources cited include DLNR and NOAA.
A local watershed partnership described a proposal to install an ungulate‑exclusion fence around roughly 522 acres at the top of Pia Valley in the Koloal Mountains to protect native species and the watershed that replenishes local aquifers.
"Protecting our Mauka Forest is basically protecting the source of Hawaii's water," Craig Gorsuch of the Kolau Mountain Watershed Partnership told the neighborhood board. He said the…
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