What does Hakalau Kuleana mean?

The Hakalau Kuleana is a term used for this website to cover the area from the Kolekole River in (at about the 14 Mile Marker of Highway 19) to the Poupou Stream in (at the 20 Mile Marker). This area, up to the tree line, was the former Hakalau Plantation. 
Kuleana is a uniquely Hawaiian value and practice which is loosely translated to mean "responsibility." The word kuleana refers to a reciprocal relationship between the person who is responsible, and the thing which they are responsible for.

For example, Hawaiians have a kuleana to our land: to care for it and to respect it, and in return, our land has the kuleana to feed, shelter, and clothe us, through this relationship we maintain balance within society and with our natural environment. (Source: Hawaiian Word of the Day on Hawaii News Now, April 17, 2015)
Our collective responsibility is to care for the land, the people and the culture. With the sudden change in re-cycling opportunities, now is a good time to work together to protect  the land. 
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"Dirty Recycling Dooms Hawaii County Program", Hawaii Tribune Herald, November 8, 2019, page A7.

Updates as of November 10, 2019

Yesterday:
  • Updated Timeline. The current update features new content for the 1900s, 1910s. 
  • Added new pictures of John M. and Georgiana Ross circa the 1920s donated to the Lyman Museum by Mrs. Mildred T. Isomura. Mrs. Isomura's mother, Hanyo Sumida, was the maid for the Rosses.   

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Tomorrow:​​​​

How can we work together to protect the Hakalau Kuleana?

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The view of Hakalau from a Hawaiian Airlines flight in December 2018, courtesy of Julie Goettsch.