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How Centuries of Extractive Agriculture Helped Set the Stage for the Maui Fires

Civil Eats

The catastrophic fire that just ravaged more than 2,000 acres and at least 2,000 homes on Maui, and claimed 114 lives and counting is inextricably linked to the island’s agricultural history. As these maps of historic sugarcane lands and pineapple lands illustrate, the two crops covered vast portions of West Maui.