**IMPORTANT PARK NOTICES**

Monitor local surf and weather reports prior to your park visit. 

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[MAUI] UPDATED 11/2/24 – Kaumahina State Wayside Park: CLOSED until further notice for maintenance work.

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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.

Goat Hunting Opportunity in the NaPali Coast State Wilderness Park

Posted on Jan 29, 2019

The 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.