Most of this ranch’s 216 acres slopes gently down toward the coast on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii overlooking Waimea Bay, Waimea Beach and the coastline.  Many of the indigenous plants and animals which once thrived here are at or near extinction largely due to past clear cutting agricultural practices and invasive species that have been introduced to the islands over the centuries deliberately or by accident.   Prior to our involvement, the Ranch was an agricultural property with pineapple and papaya as the principal crops.  Wild pigs introduced from Russia without natural predators on the island have multiplied.

Just inside the Easternmost edge of the Ranch overlooking Waimea Bay and Oahu’s North Shore are the ruins of the Puu O Mahuka Heiau, an ancient Hawaiian “heiau” or religious temple site and the largest on Oahu.  Almost two acres in size, the heiau has been designated a national historic landmark.  It was one of two places where the ancient chiefs’ wives gave birth and was also likely a site of human sacrifice.  It was here in the 1770s the high priest predicted the island would be overrun by invaders from far away and where in 1792 explorer George Vancouver’s ship, the Daedalus, put ashore to collect water. Three men from the shore party were killed in a skirmish with the natives; some say they were sacrificed at the heiau.

We acquired the Ranch in 2001 from Sen. Hyrom Fong, the four-term U.S. senator from Hawaii.  Since we acquired the Ranch in 2001 we have undertaken a years-long effort to clear out invasive plants and trees.  Our goal is to selectively reestablish native Hawaiian fauna to further beautify the land and to the extent possible to return it to its virgin form. 

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