**IMPORTANT PARK NOTICES**
Monitor local surf and weather reports prior to your park visit.
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[OʻAHU] UPDATED 11/4/24 – Kaʻena Point State Park, Mokuleʻia Section: The 2024 Kaʻena Point permit and decal is being extended through 2025. You do not need to apply for a new permit now, you will be notified when applications open next year. Take good care of your decal, we cannot replace decals. Please remember to take rubbish bags home, do not leave it a the trash bins.
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[KAUAʻI] UPDATED 11/4/24 – Waimea Canyon State Park/Kōkeʻe State Park: Paving will take place on Waimea Canyon Road leading into Puʻu Hinahina Lookout on Wednesday, November 6 limiting vehicle access into and out of the lookout parking lot from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm. Pedestrian access will remain open, and vehicles can access the lookout before and after the closure.
Ahupua’a ‘O Kahana State Park Water Quality Testing Project
Posted on Jan 6, 2020(Honolulu) – The DLNR Division of State Parks will implement an extensive environmental water sampling program of the Kahana Stream and adjoining areas within the Ahupuaʻa ʻO Kahana State Park, Oahu. The water quality testing project will span from January to September 2020.
The examination is in response to an Informal Notice of Violation (INOV) issued by the State of Hawai‘i Department of Health in 2013 to correct the violations from “unauthorized and undocumented cesspools” located within the park. The systems servicing the comfort stations at the Kahuna Boat Ramp and Orientation Center will be included in the sampling in order to ensure proper operational capability of all State Parks’ individual wastewater systems.
Staff from Element Environmental, LLC, will be sampling upstream, downstream, stream bank, near shore, and other areas during this period. The results will provide the technical data necessary to investigate appropriate corrective measures to address the INOV and generate pertinent water quality information for the immediate watershed.
