Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 27, Number 8, 1 ʻAukake 2010 — SUNSET RANCH: SAFE FROM DEVELOPMENT [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]
SUNSET RANCH: SAFE FROM DEVELOPMENT
0'ahu's Sunset Ranch has been permanently protected from development now that landowner Pietsch Properties LLC announced on July 1 9 the voluntary dedication of more than 27 acres of Pūpūkea ranch land. Pietsch Properties will eonhnue to own the land and property and has given a conservation easement, dedicating the land to agricultural and ranching purposes, to the North Shore Community Land Trust, whieh will own and steward its first conservation easement. Supporters and partners in the effortinclude the Hawai'i Legacy Land Conservation Fund, the Natural Resources Conservation Service's Farm and Ranchland Protection Program, the city Clean Water and Natural Lands Fund, Trust for Puhlie Land and Maui Coastal Land Trust. - Photo: Courtesy of Sunset Ranch