It Will Take Years And Millions Of Dollars To Replace Lahaina's Trees

It Will Take Years And Millions Of Dollars To Replace Lahaina’s Trees

Duane Sparkman from Treecovery, Bill Countryman, General Manager of MarriottÕs Maui Open Club and Matthew Murasco pose at the lobby of the MarriottÕs Maui Ocean club near a cutting from the Lahaina banyan tree which is flourishing in its new environment. (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024)

Before last August’s fire decimated Lahaina, the historic West Maui town boasted a tree population of about 25,000. Today, only about 1,000 survive, including the world-famous Indian banyan tree, a behemoth popular among tourists and locals planted on Front Street in 1873, according to the chair of Maui County’s Arborist Committee. Efforts are underway to … Continue reading It Will Take Years And Millions Of Dollars To Replace Lahaina’s Trees