HALEAKALA NATIONAL PARK, Maui (AP) — The National Park Service plans to remove 3,000 invasive pine trees at Haleakala National Park with the help of helicopters. ADVERTISING HALEAKALA NATIONAL PARK, Maui (AP) — The National Park Service plans to remove
HALEAKALA NATIONAL PARK, Maui (AP) — The National Park Service plans to remove 3,000 invasive pine trees at Haleakala National Park with the help of helicopters.
The operation began Monday and will last through Thursday. It will be rescheduled in the event of inclement weather.
The park service says helicopters are needed because the trees are growing on terrain too remote or too steep to safely reach on foot.
The invasive trees are Monterey pine, Mexican weeping pine and maritime pine. They’re displacing endemic and endangered species as they spread through Haleakala’s crater.
A second phase of the tree removal project will be carried out next summer.
