11/15/2022
The Army is hoping to maintain the Pohakuloa Training Area on Hawaii island as its 65-year lease on a parcel of state land that makes up a key part of the range nears expiration. PTA sits atop a high plateau between Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa and spans 132, 000 acres. With fields of lava and volcanic soil, it's classified as a sub-alpine tropical dryland forest and is a habitat for Hawaii's state bird, the nene, the hoary bat and some species that exist nowhere else on the planet.
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