**IMPORTANT PARK NOTICES**
Monitor local surf and weather reports prior to your park visit.
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[O’AHU] UPDATED 4/20/24 – Vehicle access road in the Mokuleʻia Section of Ka’ena Point State Park is OPEN. Keawa’ula Section of Ka’ena Point State Park: water pump down; comfort station closed; portable toilets available.
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[KAUAʻI] UPDATED 3/18/24 – 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.
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.
