Hōʻike ʻia ke aniau no ke aha i ʻoi aku ka kiʻekiʻe o nā lāʻau o ke Komohana ma mua o nā lāʻau ma ka Hikina
Na Brian Palmer, Paʻi ʻia: ʻApelila 30
I ka makahiki i hala aku nei, ua ana kekahi hui o ka poe piʻi i alakaʻi ʻia e ka mea kālai lāʻau ʻo Will Blozan i ka lāʻau kiʻekiʻe loa ma ka hikina o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa: he kumulāʻau tulip 192 kapuaʻi ma nā mauna Smoky Nui. ʻOiai he mea koʻikoʻi ka mea i hoʻokō ʻia, ua hoʻohālikelike ʻia i ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana o nā kumulāʻau Hikina me nā pilikua ma ke kahakai ʻo Kaleponi ʻĀkau.
ʻO Hyperion ka poʻokela kiʻekiʻe o kēia manawa ma waho o ke Komohana, he 379 kapuaʻi ʻulaʻula kahakai e kū ana ma kahi o ka Redwood National Park o Kaleponi. (Ua mālama ka poʻe noiʻi i kahi mālie no ka mālama ʻana i ka lāʻau kiʻekiʻe loa o ka honua.) ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka redwood kahakai ma mua o 100 kapuaʻi ke kiʻekiʻe ma mua o nā lāʻau ma ka Hikina.
A ʻaʻole i kaupalena ʻia ka ʻokoʻa kiʻekiʻe i nā lāʻau ʻulaʻula. Ua ulu paha ʻo Douglas firs ma ke komohana o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a me Kanada ma kahi o 400 kapuaʻi ke kiʻekiʻe ma mua o ka hoʻopau ʻia ʻana o nā ʻelele kiʻekiʻe loa o kēia ʻano. (Aia nā moʻolelo mōʻaukala o nā kumulāʻau lehu mauna kiʻekiʻe ma Australia ma kahi o hoʻokahi haneli i hala aku nei, akā ua loaʻa iā lākou ka hopena like me nā lāʻau Douglas kiʻekiʻe a me nā lāʻau ʻulaʻula.)
ʻAʻohe mea hōʻole: ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi o nā lāʻau ma ke Komohana. Akā, no ke aha?
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