Birthing Stone News Today

Salvage of the grounded vessel, Kuuipo, began today with the placement of large sandbags between the boat and the Hauola stone (birthing stone), located less than eight-feet away.

In addition to the immediate hiring of a contractor to move the vessel away from the birthing stone, DOBOR will hire a salvage contractor to remove the vessel “by any means necessary,” state officials said in a news release today. 

Arouca’s unique birthing stones are roughly 310 million years old and scientifically speaking, there is nothing identical to them anywhere else in the world...