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The Rain Follows The Forest - Compilation of Press Release Photos

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Hawaii’s forests provide water for human use.

  1. Waihe`e: West Maui Mountains. Photo: Air Maui
    1. Caption: Hawaii’s forests provide water for human use.

 

 

With fences, a forest can re-grow in Auwahi, Maui.

 

  1. Fenced Protected Area, Auwahi, Maui. Photo: Leeward Haleakala Watershed Restoration Partnership

Caption: With fences, a forest can re-grow in Auwahi, Maui

 

Forests are the verdant backdrop of Hawaii’s visitor industry (Kalalau valley, Kauai).

 

  1. Kalalau. Photo: DLNR
    1. Caption: Forests are the verdant backdrop of Hawaii’s visitor industry (Kalalau valley, Kauai).

 

 

Misty upland forests provide Hawaii’s water. Nakula Natural Area Reserve, Maui.

 

  1. Koa Ohia. Photo: DLNR
    1. Caption: Misty upland forests provide Hawaii’s water. Nakula Natural Area Reserve, Maui.

 

 

Hawaii’s forests collect rain and fog to provide water for human use.

 

 

  1. Lehua Blossom. Photo: Chris Brosius, West Maui Mountains Watershed Partnership
    1. Caption: Hawaii’s forests collect rain and fog to provide water for human use.

Unique and rare plants and animals known only in Hawaii are at threat from forest loss. Hono O Na Pali Natural Area Reserve, Kaua`i.

 

  1. Lobelia, Alakai. Photo: DLNR
    1. Caption: Unique and rare plants and animals known only in Hawaii are at threat from forest loss. Hono O Na Pali Natural Area Reserve, Kaua`i.

 

 

Muddy runoff from eroded lands is the main cause of coral reef loss in the largest fringing reef in the Main Hawaiian Islands, Moloka`i.

 

 

  1. South slope Molokai. Photo: USGS.
    1. Caption: Muddy runoff from eroded lands is the main cause of coral reef loss in the largest fringing reef in the Main Hawaiian Islands, Moloka`i.

 

Hawaii Percent Land Area Drought.

 

  1. Hawaii Percent Land Area Drought. Source: United States Drought Monitor. (Archives -> time series for Hawaii) http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/archive.html

 

 

 

Iao Aquifer Levels Selected Wells.

  1. Iao Aquifer Levels Selected Wells. Source: United States Geological Survey.

 

 

 

Hawaii’s forests provide water for human use. Koolau mountains, O`ahu.

 

  1. Koolau Rainforest. Photo: DLNR
    1. Caption: Hawaii’s forests provide water for human use. Koolau mountains, O`ahu.

 

DLNR plans to protect large watershed areas that supply water across the state. Koolau mountains, O`ahu.

 

 

Koolau Rainforest. Photo: DLNR

    1. Caption: DLNR plans to protect large watershed areas that supply water across the state. Koolau mountains, O`ahu.

 

Hawaii’s forests provide water for human use. Koolau mountains, O`ahu.

 

 

  1. Koolau Rainforest. Photo: DLNR
        1. Caption: Hawaii’s forests provide water for human use. Koolau mountains, O`ahu.

       

 

 

 

 

 

 

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