ʻO kēia pou ka lua o ka moʻo. I kēia lā, lohe mākou iā Joe Liszewski, ka Luna Hoʻokele o Kaleponi ReLeaf.
ʻO ka lāʻau mokuʻāina o Kaleponi (me ka Redwood, kona hoahānau) kekahi o kaʻu kumu lāʻau punahele, ʻaʻole hiki ke koho i hoʻokahi wale nō ke hana ʻoe i ka ʻoihana lāʻau! Nui lākou a ʻo nā lāʻau ola nui paha ma ka Honua. Hiki i nā sequoia nunui ke ola a hiki i 3,000 mau makahiki; ka mea kahiko loa i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma mua o 3,500 makahiki. Noʻu, hoʻokomo maoli lākou i nā mea āpau a hiki iā lākou ke hoʻopiha iā ʻoe me ke kahaha, me ka noʻonoʻo ʻana pehea e hiki ai i kahi mea ke nunui a kahiko. ʻO ko lākou nani a me ka hanohano kahi mea hiki iā mākou ke hoʻoikaika a pau.
Noʻu, hāʻawi pū nā sequoia nunui i kahi moʻolelo hoʻomanaʻo. ʻO ka mea i hiki ke loaʻa ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka ʻĀkau ʻĀkau, ʻike ʻia i kēia manawa ma nā ululāʻau i hoʻopuehu ʻia ma ka pali komohana o nā mauna ʻo Sierra Nevada. ʻAʻole no ka nalowale ʻana o nā ʻano i loko o ko mākou mau ululāʻau kūlanakauhale, akā ʻaʻole mākou e kau i ka waiwai nui i ka hana nui o nā ululāʻau ma ko mākou pā, ko mākou mau paka, ma ko mākou mau alanui a me nā kūlanakauhale a me nā kūlanakauhale. Manaʻolana wau i kekahi lā e loaʻa i ko mākou mau kūlanakauhale a me nā kūlanakauhale kahi uhi uhi paʻa e hiki ai iā mākou ke hele i waho o ko mākou mau puka mua a ʻike i nā manaʻo like i hoʻoulu ʻia e nā sequoia nunui, ʻoiaʻiʻo e noho mākou i loko o ka ululāʻau kūlanakauhale.