HI HR191

Requests the Department of Land and Natural Resources and other state and county agencies to protect and preserve the ahupuaa (traditional Hawaiian land divisions) surrounding Na Wai Eha in Maui, including the areas of Wailuku, Waiehu, Ahikulu, and Waihee.

Identifies the region as culturally significant due to burial sites, three historic heiau (Hawaiian temples) located in Wailuku and on Polipoli and Mauna Alani mountain ridges, and ancient Hawaiian boundary stones.

Expresses legislative support for curbing development and recreational use in the Na Wai Eha ahupuaa to prevent disturbances to burial sites and heiau.

Notes that waters in Na Wai Eha have been diverted for over a century for sugar plantation irrigation and that limiting development would help recharge streamflow to groundwater supplying more than half of Maui's residents and visitors.

Directs certified copies of the resolution be transmitted to the Governor, Board of Land and Natural Resources, Commission on Water Resource Management, Mayor of Maui, and Maui County Council.