Haleakala Ranch recently was honored for its outstanding stewardship of its natural resources. The Maui ranch was one of six cattle operations honored August 1 in the annual Environmental Stewardship Awards Program. The annual ESAP was established by the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association in 1991 to honor cattle operations for their outstanding stewardship of their natural … [Read more...] about Haleakala Ranch wins regional environmental stewardship award
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Skyline Eco-Adventures’s Zip for the Trees raises $8,000 for Maui children’s charities
Skyline Eco-Adventures raised more than $8,000 for Maui children's charities at its fifth-annual Zip for the Trees, Nov. 15 at the company's Haleakala zipline course. Participants in the community event and fundraiser soared through towering eucalyptus trees on three different ziplines at Skyline’s original course, which includes Maui’s only pendulum zipline that reaches … [Read more...] about Skyline Eco-Adventures’s Zip for the Trees raises $8,000 for Maui children’s charities
Haleakala Ranch Book Wins Historic Hawaii Foundation Award
If you’ve ever hiked across the miles of acres spanning the rocky Martian ground of Haleakala Crater or gazed upon Haleakala Ranch’s extensive pastures as paniolos go about their work and wondered how this all came to be, local author John Harrisson wrote a book for that. Harrisson’s Haleakala Ranch: Celebrating the 125th Anniversary provides such an in-depth look into … [Read more...] about Haleakala Ranch Book Wins Historic Hawaii Foundation Award
Haleakala Ranch Donates Copies Of Its History To Maui County Libraries, Schools
Earlier this year, the 125-year-old Haleakala Ranch released its official history–called Haleakala Ranch–as written by John Harrisson. Now the Ranch–which contains about 29,000 acres–has decided that everyone should have access to the book. It's gone and donated copies to every public library in Maui County as well as every public and private high school in the county. “We … [Read more...] about Haleakala Ranch Donates Copies Of Its History To Maui County Libraries, Schools
Trial Verdict: State Of Hawaii Owns Old Haleakala Trail
So it turns out that the public owns the historic old Haleakala Trail after all. Since early 2011, the nonprofit group Public Access Trails Hawaii (PATH) has been fighting to reopen that trail, which was already in place when the Mahele took place in 1848 and introduced the concept of private land ownership to Hawaii. In her 2012 book Haleakala, author Jill Engledow described … [Read more...] about Trial Verdict: State Of Hawaii Owns Old Haleakala Trail