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Welcome to the Kaʻena Point National Heritage Area Feasibility Study project website. The National Park Service (NPS) will use this website to post project information, meeting dates and locations, updates, and documents for public comment throughout this study.
The NPS invites public input on a study to determine the feasibility of designating a Ka'ena Point National Heritage Area on the island of O'ahu. Ka'ena Point is home to some of the richest and best-preserved aspects of Hawai'i's history, along with invaluable and unique environmental and natural resources. The Ka'ena Point National Heritage Area Feasibility Study was authorized by the National Heritage Area Act of 2023 (Public Law 117-339), which directed the Secretary of the Interior, through the National Park Service, to evaluate the natural, historic, cultural, educational, and recreational resources of the area. The feasibility study will also assess the demonstrated support of the community including Native Hawaiians, businesses, residents, nonprofit organizations, and local, state, and federal agencies.
To learn more about the study process and share your thoughts, please select the "Document List" link on the left side of this page. This link will allow you to download the study newsletter and submit your comments to the NPS. The public comment period will be open until November 25, 2024.
In addition, please consider joining us for one of four public meetings that will be held in October 2024. For more information about public meetings, please click on the "Meeting Notices" link on the left side of the page.
STUDY BACKGROUND
Working collaboratively with local stakeholders, subject matter experts, and the public, the study team will evaluate public support for an NHA designation and whether there is a commitment to manage the national heritage area through a local coordinating entity. At the completion of the study, the findings and any recommendations will be submitted to Congress for consideration. The study is expected to run through 2025.
National heritage areas are designated by Congress as places where natural, cultural, historic, and scenic resources combine to form a cohesive, nationally distinctive landscape arising from patterns of human activity shaped by geography. These patterns make national heritage areas representative of the national experience through the physical features that remain and the traditions that have evolved in them. Continued use of national heritage areas by people whose traditions helped to shape the landscapes enhances their significance. They are lived-in landscapes in which NHA coordinating entities collaborate with communities to determine how to make heritage relevant to local interests and needs.
The National Park Service provides technical, planning, and limited financial assistance to national heritage areas. The National Park Service is a partner and advisor, leaving decision-making authority in the hands of local people, communities, and organizations. A national heritage area is not a unit of the National Park System, nor is any of its land owned or managed by the NPS, unless such land was previously set aside as a unit of the National Park System.
Currently, there are 62 designated national heritage areas in 36 states and territories that support a diversity of conservation, recreation, education, and preservation activities. To learn more about national heritage areas and the national heritage area system, visit https://www.nps.gov/subjects/heritageareas/index.htm.
For more information on national heritage area feasibility studies, visit https://www.nps.gov/subjects/heritageareas/feasibility-studies.htm.
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Welina mai i ka pūnaewele o ka Noiʻi Ponolia no ka Wahi Hoʻoilina Lāhui o Kaʻena. E hoʻohana ana ka National Park Service (NPS) i kēia pūnaewele e hoʻolaha i nā ʻike papahana, nā manawa a me nā wahi e mālama ʻia ana nā hālāwai, nā hoʻolaha hou, a me nā palapala no ke kūkākūkā ʻana o ka lehulehu i loko o kēia noiʻi.
Ke kono nei ka NPS i ka lehulehu e hōʻike i nā manaʻo no kekahi noiʻi e hoʻoholo i ka hiki ke hoʻokapu ʻia he Wahi Hoʻoilina Lāhui ma Kaʻena ma ka mokupuni o Oʻahu. He home ʻo Kaʻena no kekahi o nā hiʻohiʻona waiwai loa a maikaʻi loa o ka mōʻaukala o Hawaiʻi a me nā kumuwaiwai kūlohelohe. Ua ʻāpono ʻia ka Noiʻi Ponolia no ka Wahi Hoʻoilina Lāhui o Kaʻena e ke Kānāwai Wahi Hoʻoilina Lāhui o 2023 (Kānāwai Lehulehu 117-339), nāna i kuhikuhi i ka Luna Nui o ka Interior, ma o ka National Park Service, e ana i nā kumuwaiwai kūlohelohe, mōʻaukala, moʻomeheu, hoʻonaʻauao, a me nā kumuwaiwai hoʻonanea o ia wahi. E ana pū ana ka noiʻi ponolia i ke kākoʻo i hōʻike ʻia e ke kaiāulu, me nā Kānaka Hawaiʻi, nā ʻoihana, nā kamaʻāina, nā hui ʻauhau ʻole, a me nā keʻena kūloko, mokuʻāina, a pekelala.
No ka ʻike hou aku e pili ana i ke kaʻina hana noiʻi a me ka hōʻike ʻana i kou mau manaʻo, e koho i ka loulou "Papa Palapala" ma ka ʻaoʻao hema o kēia ʻaoʻao. Na kēia loulou e ʻae iā ʻoe e hoʻoili i ka nūpepa o ka noiʻi a waiho i kou mau manaʻo i ka NPS. E wehe ana ka wā a ka lehulehu e hōʻike ai i ko lākou manaʻo a hiki i ka lā 25 o Nowemapa 2024.
Eia hou, e ʻoluʻolu e noʻonoʻo e pili ana i ka hui pū ʻana me mākou no kekahi o nā hālāwai lehulehu ʻehā e mālama ʻia ana i ʻOkakopa 2024. No ka ʻike hou aku e pili ana i nā hālāwai lehulehu, e kaomi i ka loulou "Nā Hoʻolaha Hālāwai" ma ka ʻaoʻao hema o kēia ʻaoʻao.
KE KUMU O KA NOIʻI
Ma ke kamaʻilio pū ʻana me nā pakanā kūloko, nā loea, a me ka lehulehu, e ana ana ka hui noiʻi i ke kākoʻo o ka lehulehu no ka hoʻokapu ʻana i kekahi NHA a inā he hoʻohiki no ka mālama ʻana i kahi hoʻoilina lāhui ma o kekahi hui hoʻolaukaʻi. I ka pau ʻana o ka noiʻi, e waiho ʻia ana nā ʻike i loaʻa iā lākou a me nā manaʻo kūpono i ke Ahaʻōlelo Lāhui no ka noʻonoʻo ʻana. Manaʻo ʻia e holo ana ka noiʻi a hiki i ka makahiki 2025.
Hoʻokapu ʻia nā wahi hoʻoilina lāhui e ke Ahaʻōlelo Lāhui ma ke ʻano he mau wahi e hui pū ai nā kumuwaiwai kūlohelohe, moʻomeheu, mōʻaukala, a me nā nānaina i loko o kekahi hiʻona ʻāina i puka mai mai nā hiʻohiʻona o ka hana a nā kanaka i kēia honua nei. ʻO kēia mau hiʻohiʻona ka mea e lilo ai nā wahi hoʻoilina lāhui i mea hoʻike no ka ʻike lāhui ma o nā hiʻohiʻona kino e koe nei a me nā loina i ulu aʻe ma loko o lākou. Hoʻonui ʻia ko lākou waiwai e ka hoʻomau ʻana o ka hoʻohana ʻia o nā wahi hoʻoilina lāhui e nā kānaka nāna i kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i ia mau ʻāina. He mau ʻāina ola lākou, kahi e hui pū ai nā hui hoʻokele NHA me nā kaiāulu e hoʻoholo pehea e hoʻopili ai i ka hoʻoilina i nā makemake a me nā pono kūloko.
Hāʻawi ka National Park Service i ke kōkua no ka loea, ka hoʻolālā, a me ke kālā kaupalena ʻia i nā wahi hoʻoilina lāhui. He wahi hoa a he mea kōkua ka National Park Service, e waiho ana i ka mana i nā kānaka kūloko, nā kaiāulu, a me nā hui e hoʻoholo i nā mea e pono ai. ʻAʻole he māhele o ka ʻŌnaehana Pāka Lāhui kekahi wahi hoʻoilina lāhui. ʻAʻole hoʻi kekahi o kona ʻāina i ʻona ʻia a mālama ʻia e ka NPS, ke ʻole ua hoʻokaʻawale mua ʻia ka ʻāina ma ke ʻano he māhele o ka ʻŌnaehana Pāka Lāhui.
I kēia manawa, aia he 62 wahi hoʻoilina lāhui i hoʻokapu ʻia ma 36 mokuʻāina a me nā panalāʻau e kākoʻo ana i nā ʻano hana like ʻole no ka mālama, ka hoʻonanea, a me ka hoʻonaʻauao ʻana. No ka ʻike hou aku e pili ana i nā wahi hoʻoilina lāhui a me ka ʻōnaehana wahi hoʻoilina lāhui, e kipa i https://www.nps.gov/subjects/heritageareas/index.htm.
No ka ʻike hou aku e pili ana i nā noiʻi polonia no nā wahi hoʻoilina lāhui, e kipa i https://www.nps.gov/subjects/heritageareas/feasibility-studies.htm.
Hui Noiʻi Wahi Hoʻoilina Lāhui o Kaʻena
kaena_point_study@nps.gov
Welcome to the Kaʻena Point National Heritage Area Feasibility Study project website. The National Park Service (NPS) will use this website to post project information, meeting dates and locations, updates, and documents for public comment throughout this study.
The NPS invites public input on a study to determine the feasibility of designating a Ka'ena Point National Heritage Area on the island of O'ahu. Ka'ena Point is home to some of the richest and best-preserved aspects of Hawai'i's history, along with invaluable and unique environmental and natural resources. The Ka'ena Point National Heritage Area Feasibility Study was authorized by the National Heritage Area Act of 2023 (Public Law 117-339), which directed the Secretary of the Interior, through the National Park Service, to evaluate the natural, historic, cultural, educational, and recreational resources of the area. The feasibility study will also assess the demonstrated support of the community including Native Hawaiians, businesses, residents, nonprofit organizations, and local, state, and federal agencies.
To learn more about the study process and share your thoughts, please select the "Document List" link on the left side of this page. This link will allow you to download the study newsletter and submit your comments to the NPS. The public comment period will be open until November 25, 2024.
In addition, please consider joining us for one of four public meetings that will be held in October 2024. For more information about public meetings, please click on the "Meeting Notices" link on the left side of the page.
STUDY BACKGROUND
Working collaboratively with local stakeholders, subject matter experts, and the public, the study team will evaluate public support for an NHA designation and whether there is a commitment to manage the national heritage area through a local coordinating entity. At the completion of the study, the findings and any recommendations will be submitted to Congress for consideration. The study is expected to run through 2025.
National heritage areas are designated by Congress as places where natural, cultural, historic, and scenic resources combine to form a cohesive, nationally distinctive landscape arising from patterns of human activity shaped by geography. These patterns make national heritage areas representative of the national experience through the physical features that remain and the traditions that have evolved in them. Continued use of national heritage areas by people whose traditions helped to shape the landscapes enhances their significance. They are lived-in landscapes in which NHA coordinating entities collaborate with communities to determine how to make heritage relevant to local interests and needs.
The National Park Service provides technical, planning, and limited financial assistance to national heritage areas. The National Park Service is a partner and advisor, leaving decision-making authority in the hands of local people, communities, and organizations. A national heritage area is not a unit of the National Park System, nor is any of its land owned or managed by the NPS, unless such land was previously set aside as a unit of the National Park System.
Currently, there are 62 designated national heritage areas in 36 states and territories that support a diversity of conservation, recreation, education, and preservation activities. To learn more about national heritage areas and the national heritage area system, visit https://www.nps.gov/subjects/heritageareas/index.htm.
For more information on national heritage area feasibility studies, visit https://www.nps.gov/subjects/heritageareas/feasibility-studies.htm.
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Welina mai i ka pūnaewele o ka Noiʻi Ponolia no ka Wahi Hoʻoilina Lāhui o Kaʻena. E hoʻohana ana ka National Park Service (NPS) i kēia pūnaewele e hoʻolaha i nā ʻike papahana, nā manawa a me nā wahi e mālama ʻia ana nā hālāwai, nā hoʻolaha hou, a me nā palapala no ke kūkākūkā ʻana o ka lehulehu i loko o kēia noiʻi.
Ke kono nei ka NPS i ka lehulehu e hōʻike i nā manaʻo no kekahi noiʻi e hoʻoholo i ka hiki ke hoʻokapu ʻia he Wahi Hoʻoilina Lāhui ma Kaʻena ma ka mokupuni o Oʻahu. He home ʻo Kaʻena no kekahi o nā hiʻohiʻona waiwai loa a maikaʻi loa o ka mōʻaukala o Hawaiʻi a me nā kumuwaiwai kūlohelohe. Ua ʻāpono ʻia ka Noiʻi Ponolia no ka Wahi Hoʻoilina Lāhui o Kaʻena e ke Kānāwai Wahi Hoʻoilina Lāhui o 2023 (Kānāwai Lehulehu 117-339), nāna i kuhikuhi i ka Luna Nui o ka Interior, ma o ka National Park Service, e ana i nā kumuwaiwai kūlohelohe, mōʻaukala, moʻomeheu, hoʻonaʻauao, a me nā kumuwaiwai hoʻonanea o ia wahi. E ana pū ana ka noiʻi ponolia i ke kākoʻo i hōʻike ʻia e ke kaiāulu, me nā Kānaka Hawaiʻi, nā ʻoihana, nā kamaʻāina, nā hui ʻauhau ʻole, a me nā keʻena kūloko, mokuʻāina, a pekelala.
No ka ʻike hou aku e pili ana i ke kaʻina hana noiʻi a me ka hōʻike ʻana i kou mau manaʻo, e koho i ka loulou "Papa Palapala" ma ka ʻaoʻao hema o kēia ʻaoʻao. Na kēia loulou e ʻae iā ʻoe e hoʻoili i ka nūpepa o ka noiʻi a waiho i kou mau manaʻo i ka NPS. E wehe ana ka wā a ka lehulehu e hōʻike ai i ko lākou manaʻo a hiki i ka lā 25 o Nowemapa 2024.
Eia hou, e ʻoluʻolu e noʻonoʻo e pili ana i ka hui pū ʻana me mākou no kekahi o nā hālāwai lehulehu ʻehā e mālama ʻia ana i ʻOkakopa 2024. No ka ʻike hou aku e pili ana i nā hālāwai lehulehu, e kaomi i ka loulou "Nā Hoʻolaha Hālāwai" ma ka ʻaoʻao hema o kēia ʻaoʻao.
KE KUMU O KA NOIʻI
Ma ke kamaʻilio pū ʻana me nā pakanā kūloko, nā loea, a me ka lehulehu, e ana ana ka hui noiʻi i ke kākoʻo o ka lehulehu no ka hoʻokapu ʻana i kekahi NHA a inā he hoʻohiki no ka mālama ʻana i kahi hoʻoilina lāhui ma o kekahi hui hoʻolaukaʻi. I ka pau ʻana o ka noiʻi, e waiho ʻia ana nā ʻike i loaʻa iā lākou a me nā manaʻo kūpono i ke Ahaʻōlelo Lāhui no ka noʻonoʻo ʻana. Manaʻo ʻia e holo ana ka noiʻi a hiki i ka makahiki 2025.
Hoʻokapu ʻia nā wahi hoʻoilina lāhui e ke Ahaʻōlelo Lāhui ma ke ʻano he mau wahi e hui pū ai nā kumuwaiwai kūlohelohe, moʻomeheu, mōʻaukala, a me nā nānaina i loko o kekahi hiʻona ʻāina i puka mai mai nā hiʻohiʻona o ka hana a nā kanaka i kēia honua nei. ʻO kēia mau hiʻohiʻona ka mea e lilo ai nā wahi hoʻoilina lāhui i mea hoʻike no ka ʻike lāhui ma o nā hiʻohiʻona kino e koe nei a me nā loina i ulu aʻe ma loko o lākou. Hoʻonui ʻia ko lākou waiwai e ka hoʻomau ʻana o ka hoʻohana ʻia o nā wahi hoʻoilina lāhui e nā kānaka nāna i kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i ia mau ʻāina. He mau ʻāina ola lākou, kahi e hui pū ai nā hui hoʻokele NHA me nā kaiāulu e hoʻoholo pehea e hoʻopili ai i ka hoʻoilina i nā makemake a me nā pono kūloko.
Hāʻawi ka National Park Service i ke kōkua no ka loea, ka hoʻolālā, a me ke kālā kaupalena ʻia i nā wahi hoʻoilina lāhui. He wahi hoa a he mea kōkua ka National Park Service, e waiho ana i ka mana i nā kānaka kūloko, nā kaiāulu, a me nā hui e hoʻoholo i nā mea e pono ai. ʻAʻole he māhele o ka ʻŌnaehana Pāka Lāhui kekahi wahi hoʻoilina lāhui. ʻAʻole hoʻi kekahi o kona ʻāina i ʻona ʻia a mālama ʻia e ka NPS, ke ʻole ua hoʻokaʻawale mua ʻia ka ʻāina ma ke ʻano he māhele o ka ʻŌnaehana Pāka Lāhui.
I kēia manawa, aia he 62 wahi hoʻoilina lāhui i hoʻokapu ʻia ma 36 mokuʻāina a me nā panalāʻau e kākoʻo ana i nā ʻano hana like ʻole no ka mālama, ka hoʻonanea, a me ka hoʻonaʻauao ʻana. No ka ʻike hou aku e pili ana i nā wahi hoʻoilina lāhui a me ka ʻōnaehana wahi hoʻoilina lāhui, e kipa i https://www.nps.gov/subjects/heritageareas/index.htm.
No ka ʻike hou aku e pili ana i nā noiʻi polonia no nā wahi hoʻoilina lāhui, e kipa i https://www.nps.gov/subjects/heritageareas/feasibility-studies.htm.
Contact Information
Kaʻena Point National Heritage Area Study TeamHui Noiʻi Wahi Hoʻoilina Lāhui o Kaʻena
kaena_point_study@nps.gov