Protected Lands Hawaiʻi Island

 

Kealakekua (Honolulu Coffee Company Phase 2), Kealakekua, Kona, Hawai’i

Size: 150 acres
Year Protected: 2017
Land Protection Strategy: HILT Conservation Easement
Conservation Values: Agricultural lands, wildlife habitat, watershed
Land Features:  Agricultural land, native forest


Kaloko Kona Cloud Forest, Kaloko, Kona, Hawai’i

Size: 10.15 acres
Year Protected: 2017
Land Protection Strategy: HILT Conservation Easement
Conservation Values: Ecological, watershed, wildlife, scenic
Land Features:  ‘Ohi‘a forest with koa, hapu‘u fern, native plants

Thumbnail photo courtesy of Kelly Dunn


Kiolaka’a (Macadamia Nut Farm), Kealakekua, Kona, Hawai’i

Size: 211.1 acres
Year Protected: 2016
Land Protection Strategy: HILT Conservation Easement
Conservation Values: Agricultural lands, wildlife habitat, watershed
Land Features: Agricultural lands


Kealakekua (Honolulu Coffee Company), Kealakekua, Kona, Hawai’i

Size: 75 acres
Year Protected: 2016
Land Protection Strategy: HILT Conservation Easement
Conservation Values: Agricultural lands, wildlife habitat
Land Features: Forest


Kīpuka Mosaic – Taylor 3, Volcano

Size: 3 acres
Year Protected: 2015
Land Protection Strategy: HILT Conservation Easement
Conservation Values: Forest canopy protection, bird migration corridors
Land Features: Forest


Kaiholena, Kohala

Size: 35 acres
Year Protected: 2015
Land Protection Strategy: HILT Conservation Easement
Conservation Values: Shoreline, ancient cultural and archaeological sites
Land Features: Kiawe trees and grassland


Pa‘auilo, Hāmākua

Size: 41.396 acres
Year Protected: 2015
Land Protection Strategy: HILT Conservation Easement
Conservation Values: Wildlife Habitat
Land Features: This forested land is strategically situated near the Oʻokala Cooperative Game Management Area and the Manowaialee Forest Reserve in the Hamakua District of Hawaiʻi Island.


Kīpuka Mosaic - Jackson, Volcano

Size: 1.4431 acres
Year Protected: 2014
Land Protection Strategy: HILT Conservation Easement
Conservation Values: Forest canopy protection, bird migration corridors
Land Features: Forest


Kīpuka Mosaic – Irwin, Volcano

Size: 1.0 acre
Year Protected: 2013
Land Protection Strategy: HILT Conservation Easement
Conservation Values: Forest canopy protection, bird migration corridors
Land Features: Forest


Kīpuka Mosaic – Taylor 2, Volcano

Size: 3 acres
Year Protected: 2012
Land Protection Strategy: HILT Conservation Easement
Conservation Values: Forest canopy protection, bird migration corridors
Land Features: Forest


Kīpuka Mosaic – TNC (Deemer), Volcano

Size: 0.4 acres
Year Protected: 2010
Land Protection Strategy: HILT Conservation Easement
Conservation Values: Forest canopy protection, bird migration corridors
Land Features: Forest


Kīpuka Mosaic – Taylor 1, Volcano

Size: 3.4 acres
Year Protected: 2010
Land Protection Strategy: HILT Conservation Easement
Conservation Values: Forest canopy protection, bird migration corridors
Land Features: Forest


Honu‘apo Mauka Pasture, Ka‘ū, Hawai‘i

Size: 877 acres
Year Protected: 2010
Land Protection Strategy: HILT Conservation Easement
Conservation Values: Conservation and restricted agriculture
Land Features: Grassland, native forest


Hawaiʻi: Hilo Forest Reserve, Kūkūau

Size
: 1,336 acres
Year Protected: 2008
Land Protection Strategy: Assisted conservation purchase (now owned by the State)
Conservation Values: Native forest and threatened species habitat, watershed


Keōpuka Kai, Kona, Hawaii

Size: 184 acres
Year Protected: 2006
Land Protection Strategy: HILT Conservation Easement
Conservation Values: Shoreland and open space
Land Features: Lava and open space grassland