Toppled trees upset residents

Jessica Else / The Garden Island

Tree stumps now line Ke Ala Hele Makalae coastal path near Kealia. Ironwood trees were chopped on the makai side of the path.

Jessica Else/ The Garden Island

Noreen Dougherty sits on a pile of stumps that were knocked over during the chopping of ironwood trees along Ke Ala Hele Makalae coastal path in Kealia.

Jessica Else / The Garden Island

Noreen Dougherty and Wendy Benton stand next to the chopped and ripped up ironwood trees along Ke Ala Hele Makalae coastal path near Kealia.

Jessica Else / The Garden Island

Noreen Dougherty surveys the area of chopped ironwood trees, near Kealia along Ke Ala Hele Makalae coastal path.

KEALIA — The county Department of Parks and Recreation is under fire after condoning extensive ironwood tree-clearing along Ke Ala Hele Makalae coastal path between Kealia Beach and Kuna Beach.

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