STAND. COM. REP. NO. 777-04

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: H.R. No. 25

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Water, Land Use, and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.R. No. 25 entitled:

"HOUSE RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO IDENTIFY TEN AREAS OR ISSUES THAT ARE OF CURRENT AND URGENT CONCERN REGARDING THE FORESTS OF THE STATE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this resolution is to increase awareness about our forests by requesting the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) to annually identify ten areas or issues that are of current and urgent concern regarding the forests and to publish them in the Environmental Council's annual reports.

DLNR supported the intent of this measure with concerns.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Requesting the Chairperson of the Board of Land and Natural Resources, through the Forest Stewardship Committee rather than the Administrator of the Forestry and Wildlife Division, to annually survey various groups and organizations to identify ten areas or issues of current concern;

(2) Changing the title of this resolution to read:

"REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES, THROUGH THE FOREST STEWARDSHIP COMMITTEE, TO IDENTIFY TEN AREAS OR ISSUES THAT ARE OF CURRENT AND URGENT CONCERN REGARDING THE FORESTS OF THE STATE";

(3) Clarifying that non-sustainable logging practices rather than timber threaten the health and vitality of the forests; and

(4) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity and consistency.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land Use, and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.R. No. 25, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.R. No. 25, H.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water, Land Use, and Hawaiian Affairs,

 

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EZRA R. KANOHO, Chair