Hawaii National Park, Hawaiʻi – Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park invites the community to provide input as it develops a plan to manage 132,000-plus acres in the Kahuku ahupuaʻa (traditional land division) in Kaʻū. Photos are available for download.

The comment period for the Kahuku Unit Site Management Plan starts today, November 6 and closes December 6, 2024 at 8:59 p.m. HST. This is the beginning of civic engagement for the site management plan.

The Kahuku Unit includes Upper and Lower Kahuku ma uka of Highway 11 and the recently acquired Kahuku-Pōhue (ma kai of the highway).

There are several ways to get involved and learn more:

Attend a public meeting:  

• Thursday, November 14 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Nāʻālehu Community Center, 95-5635 Hawaiʻi Belt Rd.
• Saturday, November 16 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Kahuku Visitor Contact Station, Māmalahoa Highway (Hwy 11) mile marker 70.5.

Attend a virtual meeting:

• Tuesday, December 3 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., https://swca.zoom.us/j/91799290126

Review the project Story Map and submit comments online:

• https://parkplanning.nps.gov/KahukuPlan

“We urge the Kaʻū community to join us in this planning process,” said Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park Superintendent Rhonda Loh. “The site management plan presents ideas intended to balance the protection of cultural and natural resources with visitor access and recreation, and to nurture the connection generations of Kaʻū families have to these special places ma uka to ma kai.”