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Conservationists want to restore cloud bridge that once brought rain to leeward Haleakalā, Kaho‘olawe
To bring back the cloud bridge requires restoring the forests that disappeared due to wild animals, ranching and the U.S. military’s bombing of Kaho’olawe.
There is hope for reestablishment of native and climate-friendly ʻōhiʻa trees, study says
Federal and university researchers released a new study that provides “encouragement and guidance” for land managers to reestablish native ʻōhiʻa trees wiped out by a fungal disease or impacted by volcanic activity and wild fires.
