Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 9, Number 4, 1 April 1992 — Survey on Kahoʻolawe released [ARTICLE]

Survey on Kahoʻolawe released

Over 70 percent of Hawai'i residents questioned in a survey favor permanently halting all military use of Kaho'olawe, according to the state Office of Planning. The state agency commissioned the telephone survey of 1,203 Hawai'i residents on all islands to determine generai public attitudes and knowledge concerning the island of Kaho'olawe.

The survey found nearly two-thirds of those questioned are aware that access to Kaho'olawe is controlled by the federal government, and 84 percent favor the temporary halt to bombing of the island currently in force.

Seventy-one percent supports a permanent stop to all military use of Kaho'olawe, and 77 percent believe the federal government should give up control of the island, the survey revealed. Residents agree the island should be cleaned up, and support future uses such as a sealife conservation area, educational activities, Native Hawaiian cultural practices, and limited recreation for the public.

The survey was conducted by Mattson Sunderland Research & Planning Associates, ine. Last fall and has an overall accuracy of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points at the 95 percent level of confidence.