Maui County arborist Timothy Griffith describes the progress Lahaina’s scorched banyan tree has made in the past six months. — The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photo The shaded Lahaina square ...

LAHAINA (HawaiiNewsNow) - In the year since the Maui wildfires, Lahaina’s famous banyan tree has been portrayed as a sign of ...

When a deadly wildfire tore through Lahaina on Maui last August, the wall of flames scorched the 151-year-old banyan tree along the historic town's Front Street. But the sprawling tree survived ...

Banyan Tree Park has had the same cement pavers around the base of the tree since the 1970s, said Theo Morrison, executive director of the Lahaina Restoration Foundation.