MAUI 2014
Hawai'i is the most isolated land mass on the planet. At 2,500 miles from any other land, it has developed a unique and fragile ecosystem with over 3,000 native species of plants and animals, many of which are endangered or near extinction. Hawai'i has six vegetation zones: coastal, lowland rain forest, montane rain forest, subalpine, alpine, and dry leeward, features that make Maui unique and a great place of bio-diversity. The state moto is "Ua mau ke ea o ka 'aina i ka pono." It means "the life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness."
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