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Jennifer Maydan

Jennifer Maydan is on Kaulunani’s Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council, which advises the State of Hawaiʻi on urban forestry and green infrastructure.

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Hawaiʻi Must Build Smarter After The Floods — With Trees As Infrastructure Erin Nolan/Civil Beat/2026

Hawaiʻi Must Build Smarter After The Floods — With Trees As Infrastructure

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Many natural systems have been replaced with hard, impermeable surfaces that shed water quickly. What is missing is absorption.