Piiholo Explained

Piʻiholo is a mountain summit on the island of Maui in Hawaii. It is at 20.8519°N -156.2925°W and has an elevation of 689 meters (2,260 feet).

Its soils are mostly dark reddish brown silty clays developed on long-weathered volcanic ash which supports ranchland where cattle and horses are raised.^[1] There also is a headquarters unit of the Maui Invasive Species Committee (MISC)^[2] at the Haleakala Experiment Station of the University of Hawaii.^[3] The nearest town is Makawao.

The major landowner in the area is the family descended from Henry Perrine Baldwin (1842–1911).^[4] His son Henry Alexander Baldwin created the Piʻiholo Ranch out of the larger Haleakala Ranch, named after Haleakalā, the highest point in Maui. The ranch now features eco-tourism.^[5] The endangered Hawaiian goose Branta sandvicensis known as Nēnē in the Hawaiian language, is being reintroduced here under supervision of Peter Baldwin.^[6]

Notes and References

Web site: Web Soil Survey .
Web site: Maui Invasive Species Committee (MISC) . Hawaii Invasive Species Council . web site . 2010-01-13 . dead . http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20120109183830/http://www.hawaiiinvasivespecies.org/iscs/misc/ . 2012-01-09 .
Web site: Haleakala Experiment Station, Maui County . University of Hawai‘i - College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources . web site . 2010-01-13 .
Web site: History: 7 Generations - a paniolo legacy . Piʻiholo Ranch . web site . 2010-01-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150223182823/http://piiholo.com/history.html . 2015-02-23 . dead .
Web site: Hawaii’s Newest and Longest Side-by-Side Zipline Launches Operation in Upcountry Maui . Piʻiholo Ranch . February 16, 2009 . web site . 2010-01-13 .
Web site: Safe Harbor Agreement for the introduction of the nene to Piiholo Ranch, Maui . State of Hawaii, Department of Land and Natural Resources . August 2004 . 2010-01-13 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110322085913/http://www.state.hi.us/dlnr/dofaw/pubs/Piiholo_sha_final.pdf . 2011-03-22 .