According to  the Hawaiian arborist Steve Nimz,  the Lahaina Banyan tree has a chance of survival with triage[1]." The fallen pitch pine was never given such a chance.

I didn't think we'd get wildfire smoke like LA, then came the Canadian wildfires. I didn't thin we'd ever experience a western fire, then we had the 1999 wildfire season. And I never thought a whole village would be destroyed, and now there is Lahaina (and Paradise, Oregon, in 2018).  My area of focus in on post rehab. A background, there was a recent fire at the Calverton Ponds Preserve in June, 2023. Lack of rain set up a fire situation where bulldozers created fire breaks. The following month I arrived on the scene dismayed. There is still no procedure in place to restore from dozer lines, and that why I created this donation campaign.  Any donation amount wild be greatly appreciated.