08/31/23-TLC FOR LĀHAINĀ'S HISTORIC FAMED BANYAN TREE

Posted on Aug 31, 2023 in Main, Media, News Releases, slider JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR DAWN CHANG CHAIRPERSON FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 31, 2023 TLC FOR LĀHAINĀ’S HISTORIC FAMED BANYAN TREE  Signs of Life Three Weeks After the Fire  To view video please click on photo (LĀHAINĀ, HAWAI‘I) –To the untrained eye, the 150-year-old Banyan Tree in Lāhainā isn’t showing any signs of life. Thousands of leaves on the mammoth tree are scorched but its multiple trunks show little sign of being singed during the August 8 firestorm that devastated this historic, coastal West Maui community. Just days after the fire, volunteers arranged for water tankers to come by and douse it with hundreds of gallons of water every few hours. Maui arborists, landscapers, and volunteers formed a hui to care for the tree and now it’s receiving unprecedented tender loving care. On Thursday, landscape contractor Chris Imonti had a crew out providing even more TLC and he revealed signs of hope – signs of life. “We did root samples last week and we had very good news as far as new life in the roots. A lot of new roots shooting off. We tested the moisture and arborist Steve Nims, who is
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