Piiholo

{{Short description|Hill in Maui County, United States of America}}

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Pi{{okina}}iholo is a mountain summit on the island of Maui in Hawaii. It is at {{coord| 20|51|7|N| 156|17|33|W| type:landmark_region:US-HI| display=inline,title }} and has an elevation of 689 meters (2,260 feet).{{gnis|363266}}

Its soils are mostly dark reddish brown silty clays developed on long-weathered volcanic ash which supports ranchland where cattle and horses are raised.{{cite web |title= Web Soil Survey |url= http://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov/app/WebSoilSurvey.aspx }}

There also is a headquarters unit of the Maui Invasive Species Committee (MISC){{cite web |title= Maui Invasive Species Committee (MISC) |publisher= Hawaii Invasive Species Council |work= web site |accessdate= 2010-01-13 |url= http://www.hawaiiinvasivespecies.org/iscs/misc/ |url-status= dead |archiveurl= http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20120109183830/http://www.hawaiiinvasivespecies.org/iscs/misc/ |archivedate= 2012-01-09 }}

at the Haleakala Experiment Station of the University of Hawaii.{{cite web |title= Haleakala Experiment Station, Maui County |publisher= University of Hawai‘i - College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources |work= web site |date=|accessdate= 2010-01-13 |url= http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/site/locationdetails.aspx?id=ER-MHALE }}

The nearest town is Makawao.

The major landowner in the area is the family descended from Henry Perrine Baldwin (1842–1911).{{cite web |title=History: 7 Generations - a paniolo legacy |publisher=Piʻiholo Ranch |work=web site |accessdate=2010-01-13 |url=http://piiholo.com/history.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150223182823/http://piiholo.com/history.html |archive-date=2015-02-23 |url-status=usurped }} His son Henry Alexander Baldwin created the Pi{{okina}}iholo Ranch out of the larger Haleakala Ranch, named after Haleakalā, the highest point in Maui. The ranch now features eco-tourism.{{cite web |title=Hawaii’s Newest and Longest Side-by-Side Zipline Launches Operation in Upcountry Maui |publisher= Piʻiholo Ranch |date= February 16, 2009 |work=web site |accessdate= 2010-01-13 |url= http://www.piiholozipline.com/ }} The endangered Hawaiian goose Branta sandvicensis known as Nēnē in the Hawaiian language, is being reintroduced here under supervision of Peter Baldwin.{{cite web |title= Safe Harbor Agreement for the introduction of the nene to Piiholo Ranch, Maui |publisher= State of Hawaii, Department of Land and Natural Resources |date= August 2004 |accessdate= 2010-01-13 |url= http://www.state.hi.us/dlnr/dofaw/pubs/Piiholo_sha_final.pdf |url-status= dead |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20110322085913/http://www.state.hi.us/dlnr/dofaw/pubs/Piiholo_sha_final.pdf |archivedate= 2011-03-22 }}