**IMPORTANT PARK NOTICES**
Monitor local surf and weather reports prior to your park visit.
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[KAUAʻI] UPDATED 6/17/24 – Polihale State Park: Queen's Pond access Road is CLOSED June 17-21 (m-f) for rock placement. Pedestrian traffic should be aware of heavy equipment traversing through the area. The park remains open - visitors should access via Cane Top access road and points beyond.
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[HAWAI’I] UPDATED 6/10/24 –'Akaka Falls State Park is now fully open. There will be a brief closure later this month (June 24-28, m-f), for additional repair work.
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[KAUAʻI] UPDATED 6/18/24 –Kalalau Trail, Nāpali Coast State Wilderness Park: Camping permits held back for local residents during summer, see Kalalau Trail site for more information.
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[KAUAʻI] UPDATED 6/18/24 – Kōkeʻe State Park: The gate to Puʻu O Kila Lookout will be closed to vehicular traffic due to road repairs beginning 3/19/24. The lookout will still be accessible by pedestrians, parking is available at Kalalau lookout.
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[HAWAI'I] UPDATED 6/18/24 - West Hawaii State Parks to close early on the 4th of July at 5 PM. Parks effected are: Kekaha Kai SP—Mahai’ula section and Manini’owali (Kua Bay) section, Kiholo SPR, Hapuna Beach SRA and Waialea section
Goat Hunting Opportunity in the NaPali Coast State Wilderness Park
Posted on Jan 29, 2019The DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife (DOFAW) will open a special feral goat hunting opportunity in the Nāpali Coast State Wilderness Park. The area open to hunting will be called Nualolo Kai.
Applications are now available at DOFAW office at 3060 Eiwa St., Rm. 306, Lihue, HI 96766. Deadline to submit applications will be on February 28, 2019. An application fee of $5 per hunter will be charged. Hunters must apply with a group of 3 hunters and up to 3 assistants. A hunter list will be assigned by a lottery done on March 8, 2019. Not all applicants will be able to participate. The hunt will be held from April through August 2019. Selected hunters will need to show a valid 2018-19 hunting license and will be required to sign an agreement for individual voluntary services.
Participants must be able to swim at least 200 yards in ocean conditions and be able to hike on steep and loose terrain. Hunters will be permitted to use conventional rifles. All Title 13, Ch. 123 Rules Regulating Game Mammal Hunting shall apply to these control activities.
For additional information, call the Division of Forestry and Wildlife office in Lihue at 274-3433.
