Who REALLY Owns Maui ???
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Maui's Largest Land Owners: Who Controls the 95% Nobody Talks About
Only about 5% of Maui’s land falls into urban or rural use categories. The remaining 95% is conservation or agricultural land, mostly undeveloped. That raises a simple but powerful question: who actually controls Maui’s land — the parts people live on and the vast stretches they rarely see? Understanding Maui's Largest Land Owners matters for housing, water, wildfire risk, and the future of the island.
Why land ownership on Maui matters
Maui’s built environment — homes, stores, and resorts — occupies a very small slice of the island. The rest is organized around watersheds, native ecosystems, pasture, and former plantation lands. Whoever holds these large parcels…
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