**IMPORTANT PARK NOTICES**
Monitor local surf and weather reports prior to your park visit.
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[OʻAHU] UPDATED 4/30/24 - Sand Island State Recreation Area: Camping has REOPENED. Make a reservation at the State Parks camping permit site.
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[KAUAʻI] UPDATED 4/30/24 – Nāpali Coast State Wilderness Park: Kalalau trail restroom is CLOSED until further notice.
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[KAUAʻI] UPDATED 4/26/24 –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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[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.
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Huilua Fishpond Work Days at ʻAhupuaʻa O Kahana State Park
March 9 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Huilua Loko iʻa (Fishpond), in Kahana Bay on the Island of Oahu, illustrates the unique aquafarming practices of the Hawaiian people. Out of the estimated 97 fishponds once on the coast of Oahu, Huilua is one of only six that still exists. The Huilua Fishpond had a 500-foot rock seawall attached to the shoreline that encircled 7 acres of Kahana Bay near the mouth of Kahana Stream. Huilua has been impacted by a changing landscape affecting stream flow, building sediment in the fish pond and at the river mouth abutting the fish pond, altering wave interaction on the walls, and currents that filter into the pond. Come learn about the traditional uses of the loko iʻa by Kahana ʻohana, and kōkua as they remove invasive species, sand, silt and debris that enter the pond.
