State OK given for Big Island logging

[Quetzal]

State OK given for Big Island logging

HILO, Hawai'i — The state gave an Oregon company the go-ahead to harvest timber from a eucalyptus forest on state land near Hilo after the logger secured new funding.

Approval from the Board of Land and Natural Resources pushes the Waiakea Timber Management Area logging project forward after a six-year delay.

It could create jobs for 100 workers at a new peeling mill on the Hamakua Coast.

The venture ran into problems when the processor, Tradewinds LLC, developed financial problems weeks after it received a license in 1999.

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State OK given for Big Island logging

[Richard D]

1. I don't know a lot about Hawaii

but I do know that eucalyptus is a non-native species that sucks a whole lot of water out of the soil. Might be better off without it if they plant native trees afterwards.

[Cha]

2. That's interesting ..about the

eucaluptus tree..Maybe they should re-plant Koa trees?