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Wildlife Hawaii

            People of Hawaii are contributing their time, money, and effort for a cleaner and longer sustained wildlife. They want to enhance, protect, manage and conserve Hawaii’s natural and limited cultural and historic resources for current and future visitors as well as its own people. With the public and private places partnering, trust for a better future is ensured.

Hawaii is made up of 2million acres of land and 1.2 million acres of state owned land. It also is a beautiful place, but leaving it alone and not caring for its reputation the same. Hawaii has many beautiful flowers and native plants that are so little to be seen everywhere. We can find these vegetations in tropical forests and trails. Wild pigs and goats are destroying Hawaii’s land. They like to dig holes in the ground at native forests and mountainside vegetation. Wild pigs and goats isn’t all you can find in Hawaii.

Hawaii has many varieties of different animal life. Even though it lacks land mammals, it is made up of more birds, insects, and ocean dwellers. There is approximately 44 animals and 273 plants that is endangered and many of them close to extinction. Among the birds found here, most are endangered. Some of them include the Hawaiian duck, Hawaiian Coot, and lysan albatross. Hawaii has only two native mammals left, the Hawaiian monk seal, and the Hawaiian hoary bat. Overtime, population drops because these species are hardly anywhere to be found, also it doesn’t produce more of its own. Seeing a Hawaiian animal is something rare to find everyday. What protects this wildlife is it’s home. We have to stop destroying or cutting down the natural forests and ecosystems. Letting this happen will surely increase extinction time for the native animals.

Many organizations are volunteering to protect these Hawaiian animals. To protect endangered birds, Hawaii has made a program called Hawaii’s Endangered Bird Conservation Program. What this program does is that they try to take out predators and parasites. This will protect them by not having to be a meal by other animals. Doing this doesn’t also protect birds, but also other wildlife such as different mammals and plants. The U.S. and Hawaiian government has also enforced strict hunting laws, educating, and working with private land owners and organizations. These laws will play against those who involve with these ecosystems. Similar rules and regulation also were made for the Hawaiian Monk seal. Keeping visitors or people from killing, disturbing, and swimming with them

We have to continue to protect what we have if we want Hawaii to stay natural and beautiful to all people. If people, predators, or other natural killing species doesn’t destroy Hawaii, then the climate changes will. We need to stay alert to what happens in these islands.

         

Essay for KC3

 Tyler-Jordan Ambrocio

Wildlife of Hawaii

            People of Hawaii are contributing their time, money, and effort for a cleaner and longer sustained wildlife. They want to enhance, protect, manage and conserve Hawaii’s natural and limited cultural and historic resources for current and future visitors as well as its own people. With the public and private places partnering, trust for a better future is ensure.

            Natural beauty of Hawaii isn’t fully sure that it will stay beautiful. Land in Hawaii is being destroyed everyday. Wild pigs and goats destroy the native forests because it digs holes in the grounds and strips the mountain-side vegetation. These animals came to Hawaii millions of years ago by humans. Hawaii should make a huge play in this because the nothing holds the rocks and soils when the rain falls from washing down to the sea. We need the native forests to protect mountain slopes from erosion for the land to retain the rainfall during heavy rain. The people of Hawaii should spend money and put forth effort to keep ruining these native forests. If we keep letting wild animals destroy these lands, it will eventually be destroy by the rain. Hawaii’s people are trying to keep it’s natural reputation the same.

            Many organizations are volunteering to preserve its lands. Hawaii has 2million acres of land and 1.2 million acres of state owned land. Little over half of the land is used by people. They are trying to conserve the endangered species that lives in these areas by taking care of these animals and keeping it from harm. This will ensure that that these species are surviving for a long time. Endangered species such as Akepa are taken by the Endangered species committee. Currently, species of animals, insects, and plants are increasing. They created an act to also care for these wildlife. Lands are needed to be taken care of in order for life to have a home. Moving forward for the higher recovery of the habitats that were lost.

            We have to protect what we have if we want future generations to continue. Changes in climate can lead to ecosystems as well as birds, mammals, and other wildlife. This is how our land is effected by other things we cant control. More projects are created to mantain our resources, land, and animals. 

             Little differences can make huge changes in hawaii. This is why we need to keep alert of what's happening to our lands and it's animals. There is approximately 44 animals and 273 plants that is endangered and many of them is close to extinction. 

FInal Draft "Special Place"

     After a unsatisfying day, stress and anger would just flow throughout me. Having to do hard work, going through continuous bugging, or unfavorable actions made by others would just drive me nuts. I just want alone and peaceful time all to myself. This won't come until my chores, homework, a soothing shower, and a filling dinner were finished. When the weekend hits, my relaxing time has come. My family is out of the living room after everything has been taken care of.

     Even though it's not a room with all high tech TV, big stereos, or a/c, a kitchen right behind me, a PS3 system, TV, couch, and a gaming chair is all I need to be in a over average place. Terrible day has ended, put down emotions has gone away, gaming experience had me think away of the bad day that has came to me. I'm not outside in the freezing or hot weather , nor at a place where I would feel very uncomfortable. It's like a place where I people wouldn't contact with me, I felt isolated from the outside world.

     I remember my mom waking up for a glass of water. She saw me playing Call of Duty in the middle of the night. I was so focused on the TV screen that i never hear or seen my mom there because of the gaming headphones that i was wearing. My mom got mad and said to me that this is all i did, rather then schoolwork. I told her "This relaxes me and makes me happy again " Every Friday and Saturday I would be in this special place, the stars in sight, the chill breeze coming through the open window, the kitchen behind me, TV to myself, and COD all night is a simple dream that's reality.

Special Place

     After a unsatisfying day, stress and angerness would just flow throughout me.. Having hard work of school, constint nagging, or unfavorable actions made by others, I just want my alone time. I wait all day to have the living room all to myself. After doing sweaty chores, homework, showering, and a filling dinner, my family is out of the living room.
    
      Even though it's not a room with all high tech tv, big stereos, or a/c, a kitchen right behind me, a ps3 system, tv, couch, and daming chair is all I need for a relaxing place. Bad day has ended, let down emotions has gone away, relaxation and gaming experience had me think away from the terribl day that has came to me.

      I remember my mom  waking up for a glass of water. She saw me sitting there, focused on the tv while it was on, COD was all I did from night to early morning. My mom used to get mad and say to me that is all I do then homework. I told her ''this relaxes me and makes happy again" Every Friday and Saturday I would be in my special place, the stars in sight, the chill breeze, the kitchen that's close, and tv to yourself, and also cod all night is a simple dream that's reality.

   A place that's cozy, to relax, and free the mind, a special place that i recall a living room. After a long week of school, chores, and basketball practice, i just want to sit and enjoy COD, couch, and a kitchen behind me. When i'm alone I would stay all night long in living room. Keeping my mind off of stress and worrying means less white hair in the future. Sometimes I would fall asleep here, but keeping a relaxing state is good enough.

As I pulled into the driveway, a smoke cooker was right in the middle of the parking space of our garage. I asked my father out of curiosity "what was that"! He turned back and said "A brand new cooker"

It was the first time i ever seen one. That day was an exciting moment to try something new. My dad's friend told him to try and make smoked meat.  After I walked into the messy kitchen, I could smell different spices from spicy pepper red paprika, chopped garlic, garlic salt, and sea salt. There was a huge bloody meat on the kitchen counter. I asked him " which animal is laying dead" he laughed and said "chuck meat which is from cow". My dad continued to rub mustard with his bare hands all over the meat to keep the spices from falling. I thought my dad was doing random things, but even so, my family couldn't wait to stuff the meat inside their craving mouths. Going back to the garage, my dad prepared the smoked cooker. He put agave wood, large bowl of water over it, then he out the strong scented meat inside. The cooker was prepared to about 460 degrees. After 8 long hours of waiting and starving, the cooke cooled down and it was time to take out the freshly cooked smoked meat. As we opened up the lid, smoke rushed through my face rapidly for a short period of time. My dad and I sniffed it hard, trying to get a glimpse of what it's gonna taste. At a far distance, sweet and salty smell was around the whole kitchen. My mom sliced the meat carefully and smoothly. 

"It's time to feast" my We all took thefirst bite and all I could think about the was the chuck meat. After the satisfying meal, we all went down to scrub down the smoke cooker. It was a fuss to prepare and clean, but worth the time to make. My dad said to me in a proud manner " The harder you cook, the better tasting it will be". We continued to smoke chuck meat and different other varieties of food from chicken to vegetables, basically anything that was delicous on the dinner table. Every month, this is a meal we all enjoy!

First Time Treat

As I pullled into the driveway, a smoke cooker was right in the middle of the parking space. I asked my father out of curiosity " What was that"! He turned back and said "A brand new cooker"

It was the first time I ever seen one. That day was an exciting moment to try something new. After I walked into the messy kitchen, I could smell different spices from spicy pepper to red paprika, garlic and all that good stuff. There was huge bloody meat on the counter. My dad was rubbing mustard all over it with his bare hands to keep the spices attached to it. I thought he was doing random things to it, but my family and I could'nt wait to stuff smoked meat into out wet mouth. Going back to the garage, my father prepared the cooker to about 460 degrees. He stuck the meat inside and we waited, checking on it every hour. After 8 long hours, it was time to feat as a family. We could smell the meat from a distance. My mom sliced the meat smoothly and carefully. This was the first meal I had along with my brothers.

I took my first bite and all I could taste was the gush of so much flavors inside my mouth. We contined to make smoke meat every special occasion since it took alot of preparation to make. This is what makes it special, the time we spend as a family on just meat.

Roots and Recipe

What food would you be describing?
The food that I would be talking about is Smoked Meat.


What are some special memories it has for you?
I remember the time that my Dad came home with a Smoker which was a cooker used to slowly cook or smoke food. The first time that he used it, he smoked large meat. My dad put in the very flavored meat after assembling it. It took 6-8 hours to cook. It took a long time but it was worth the wait. I usually get to eat this kind of food like once per 2 months since it was very expensive, alot of preparation and time to make this.

What are some sensory details that will help bring the food “to life” for your readers?
The time and prepation used to make this kind of food is interesting. It also took alot of ingredients to make the meat very delicious. The ingredients used to give taste was salt, pepper, paprika, and other flavor items. The smoker we also very frustrating to prepare because we had to use certain wood and to start it burning.

Who will you be interviewing about your food?

The person that I will be interviewing is of course my father. He was the first to do something like this in my family.