Legacy Land Conservation Program Projects

Featured Project: Legacy Land Conservation Program assists MA`O Organic Farm with the acquisition of 11 acres in Lualualei Valley, Oahu

In January 2009, MA`O Organic Farm secured the protection of 11 acres of agricultural land in Lualualei Valley, Oahu, with the help of funding from the Legacy Land Conservation Program. MA`O Organic Farm works in the Waianae community to cultivate a renewed relationship between community, land, and food that transforms the current industrialized model of agriculture into one that returns to aloha ‘aina. Read MA`O's press release here.

All Awards By Fiscal Year (FY)

FY2010 | FY2009 | FY2008 | FY2007 | FY2006

Fiscal Year 2010 - Applicants (awards to be announced)

Applicant / Project Area / Requested Amount

Cave Conservancy of Hawaii / Island of Hawaii, Kau District / $80,000
Hawaii Island Land Trust / Island of Hawaii, Puna District / $35,000
Malu Aina Center for Non-Violent Education & Action / Island of Hawaii, Puna District / $231,788
DLNR / Div. of Forestry & Wildlife / Island of Molokai, East Molokai / $500,000
DLNR, Historic Preservation Division / Island of Kauai, Puna District / $2,003,450
Kona Historical Society / Island of Hawaii, South Kona District / $311,250
Kauai Public Land Trust / Island of Kauai, Hanalei District / $800,000
Kukaiau Ranch, LLC / Island of Hawaii, Hamakua District / unspecified
Office of Hawaiian Affairs / Island of Hawaii, Puna District / $1,300,000
County of Hawaii / Island of Hawaii, North Kohala District / $945,000
Trust for Public Land / Island of Maui, Wailuku District / $500,000
Trust for Public Land / Island of Oahu, Koolaupoko District / $500,000
Trust for Public Land / Island of Oahu, Koolaupoko District / $500,000
Trust for Public Land / Island of Oahu, Koolaupoko District / $250,000

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Fiscal Year 2009 - Awards

Division of Forestry and Wildlife (DOFAW), Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR): $982,956.50 for the acquisition of 3,582 acres in Honouliuli Preserve, Wai‘anae Mountain Range, island of O‘ahu, for the conservation of its natural habitat, watershed, and recreational values;

DOFAW, DLNR: $450,000 for the acquisition of 65.56 acres in Hamakua, Kailua, island of O‘ahu, for conservation of natural habitat, watershed, scenic, and open space values;

State Parks Division, DLNR: $7,000 for the acquisition of 7 acres in North Kohala, island of Hawai‘i, for the preservation of cultural, historic, and scenic values;

State Parks Division, DLNR: $1,250,000 for the acquisition of 17.05 acres in Lapakahi, Kohala, island of Hawai‘i, for the protection of coastal, cultural, and natural values;

Maui Coastal Land Trust: $609,425 for the acquisition of an agricultural conservation easement over 27.44 acres, in Pupukea, North Shore, island of O‘ahu, to be held by the North Shore Community Land Trust, for conservation of agricultural and open space values.

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Fiscal Year 2008 - Awards

Wai‘anae Community Re-development Corporation (MA‘O Organic Farms):
$737,300 for the acquisition of 11 acres, in Lualualei Valley, O‘ahu, for the
protection of its agricultural values.

County of Hawai‘i: $1,500,000 for the acquisition of 550.871 acres in Kawa,
District of Ka‘u, Hawai‘i Island, for the preservation of watershed, coastal,
habitat, cultural, recreational, and open space values.

Kaua‘i Public Land Trust: $700,000 for the acquisition of 20.532 acres fronting
Kahili Beach, North Shore, Kaua‘i, for the protection of its watershed, coastal,
and habitat values.

Maui Coastal Land Trust: $994,724 for the acquisition of 128 acres in Nu‘u
Makai, southeast shore, Maui, for the protection of coastal, wetland, habitat,
historical, and cultural values.

Ke `Aupuni Lokahi, Inc. (Moloka‘i Enterprise Community): $767,976 for the
acquisition of 196.4 acres to be held by Moloka‘i Land Trust, in Kawaikapu,
Mana‘e, Moloka‘i, for the protection of watershed, cultural, and scenic values.

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Fiscal Year 2007 - Awards

Division of Forestry and Wildlife (DOFAW), Department of Land and Natural
Resources: $430,250 for the acquisition of the 1,335.98-acre Carlsmith property near
Hilo, on the Big Island, for the conservation of native forest and habitat.

National Tropical Botanical Garden (NTBG): $1,500,000 for the acquisition of
169.87 acres in Honomā‘ele, Hana, on Maui, for the conservation of native hala forest
and cultural resources.

Cave Conservancy of Hawai‘i: $154,000 for the acquisition of 9 acres in Kula Kai
View Estates, on the Big Island, for the conservation of cave tunnels and cultural
resources.

Kona Historical Society: $301,000 for the acquisition of the 5.536-acre Uchida
Farm, in Kealakekua, on the Big Island, for the preservation of agricultural and historical
resources.

Hawai‘i County: $1,214,750 for the acquisition of 234.293 in Ka‘u, near Kawa‘a Bay,
on the Big Island, for the preservation of natural and cultural resources.

Agribusiness Development Corporation (ADC), Department of Agriculture:
$1,100,000, for the acquisition of an agricultural easement on 108.217 acres of land in
Kunia, on O‘ahu, from the Hawai‘i Agricultural Research Center (HARC), for the
perpetual preservation of prime agricultural land.

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Fiscal Year 2006 - Award

Maui Coastal Land Trust: $1,100,000 for the acquisition of a conservation easement over 168 acres, Molokai's south-eastern shore, for the perpetual preservation of prime ranch and agricultural lands.