'Natural Dam' Army Would Blast Might Be Part of an Ancient 'Auwai

Following the drowning of a soldier on maneuvers last December, the Army sought to lower the water level of the pond into which he had fallen. To do so, it proposed blasting what it described as a natural dam on a tributary to the South Fork of Kaokonahua Stream - a proposal that, as described in the April 1993 edition of Environment Hawai'i was criticized by the state Division of Aquatic Resources of the Department of Land and Natural Resources.