Directors Needed for PATH, Maui
Public Access Trails Hawaii (PATH), a nonprofit based on Maui focused on issues relating to trail access is looking for Directors. Dave Brown, the founder of PATH is reaching out to HTMC Members in search of volunteers. PATH conducts its business via email and there is no remuneration.
PATH just started a new project to open up 19.9 miles of roads in Mahi Pono for walking and bicycling. This land is old Hawaiian Commercial and Sugar Company cane fields currently owned by the County of Maui.
Please reach out to Dave Brown via email BROWN9183@twc.com if you are interested in helping PATH accomplish its mission statement: Respectfully fighting against the privatization of public lands in Hawaii for generations to come.
PATH has been fighting to protect trail access on Maui utilizing the 1892 Highways Act law. Read more about Dave Brown’s legacy in the June 5, 2022 Civil Beat article “The Long Fight to Protect Public Hiking Access in Hawai’i Isn’t Close to Over.” CLICK HERE for the article. Watch this YouTube video to learn about the Haleakala Trail. PATH created this video from still images of the trail. Haleakala Crater NPS June 1969 Guidebook.
HTMC’s has hosted two presentations about the work of PATH, they are listed below.
Haleakala Trail: Deceit, Lies & Prison Time, but no Sex, Violence or Pretty Pictures