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About Kealakekua Mountain Reserve
The Kealakekua Mountain Reserve (KMR) is a thoughtful, multi-use, forestry project in South Kona, Hawaiʻi, owned and operated by a subsidiary of dōTERRA. The property is a 9,627-acre parcel located in the upper portions of the Kealakekua Ahupuaʻa, above the Māmalahoa Highway. Key components of the KMR project include, conservation, restoration, community engagement and wise resource use.
Our Kuleana
Honoring our sacred responsibility to land and community.
RESTORATION
In connection with KMR’s conservation easement, an exhaustive forest management plan was completed in 2013 that promotes reforestation along with careful stewardship of the existing forestry resources. Immediately following acquisition in late June, 2018, KMR began an aggressive reforestation plan and in 2018, began planting trees on the property. Additional efforts to fence forestlands for ungulate removal, stimulate natural forest regeneration and improve the forest health are also underway.
CONSERVATION
A conservation easement completed through the State/Federal Forest Legacy Program preserves 9,000 acres of the KMR property. The easement ensures the important mixed open forest, closed ʻōhiʻa lehua rainforest, and open koa forest found on the property remain intact, providing ecosystem values and sustainable forest products in perpetuity. The easement is currently monitored quarterly by Hawaiʻi’s Division of Forest and Wildlife to both support KMR’s conservation work and to ensure compliance with the easement.
WISE-USE
The property continues to be used for sustainable forestry and the important jobs that resource landscapes provide. KMR is committed to sensitive, wise-use of forest resources, ensuring that high-quality forest products are not only sourced, but produced on Hawaiʻi Island. The products KMR produces on property are a great credit to Hawaiʻi and its people.
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Kealakekua Mountain Reserve partners with Hiki Ola, a non-profit organization focused on engaging schools and community members in helping to restore the ʻāina through reforestation, cultural practices, and building a long-term relationship with the land.
BEAUTY & CONNECTION
Because it goes so well with the stories of KMR land and animals, we put a special emphasis on art, creativity, and connection to the parts within ourselves that relate to what the ʻāina can teach us.
MEET THE TEAM
Greg Hedrickson
General Manager
Sharae Wong
Paralegal II
Shellen Hashimoto
Senior Accountant
Keli'ikanoe Mahi
Executive Director - Hiki Ola
Puaita Pulotu
Kōnea Ola
Willie Rice
Operations Manager
Keoni Watan
Distillation Technician I
Amanda Griggs
Nursery Manager
Hōkūlani Meech
Nursery Technician
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