#Pōhākea Watershed Lands

Land Board set to take up proposed purchase of 257 acres at Māʻalaea Mauka

The state of Hawaiʻi is considering acquisition of nearly 257 acres at Pōhākea, also known as Māʻalaea Mauka, for $8.22 million, as a forest reserve to protect the watershed and prevent massive erosion from damaging Māʻalaea Bay.

Maui council, state set aside money to buy 257 acres in Māʻalaea but developer beats them to it

Within days of a Maui County Council vote to set aside $6.2 million in order to keep 257 acres in Māʻalaea from development, one of Maui’s largest, most polarizing developers scooped up the land.