WAIKIKI, Hawaii - Soldiers and family members looking for a night out on the town needn't look any further than the Hale Koa Hotel. The hotel is not just for vacationers and it offers a wide variety ...

Yellowed grasses cover the lower southern slopes of Mauna Kea where impenetrable koa forests once stood on the Big Island. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles ...

One company is attempting reforestation with an innovative business model. Investors can track the coveted trees using digital IDs. Their money... Using Investments And Technology To Rebuild Hawaii's ...

HILO, Hawaii — The rising value of koa wood--used for everything from Hawaiian canoes to hand-crafted ukuleles--has led to increasing thefts and a black market for the traditional hardwood, ...

The native tree is a vital part of Hawaiʻi’s forests and watersheds, and prized by woodworkers and by Hawaiian cultural practitioners. The challenge is making koa sustainable for all of its valuable ...

A 1,200-acre koa forest on Hawaii island is almost ready to be harvested for the first time in nearly two decades. The Kapapala Canoe Forest was set aside in 2005 within the Kau Forest Reserve to ...

Visitors to Hawaii can now get rooted in Hawaii's culture by planting a koa tree seedling on the slopes of Mauna Kea, land that long ago belonged to King Kamehameha the Great. Back when Hawaii's first ...

The Rolls-Royce ‘Koa Phantom’ was commissioned by one Jack Boyd Smith Jr, whose vision was to own a bespoke Rolls-Royce flagship that features Koa Wood, a rare species of tree that can only be found ...

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