Protected Lands Hawaiʻi Island
Pūehuehu (Island Harvest), Kohala, Hawai’i
Size: 28 acres
Year Protected: 2024
Land Protection Strategy: HILT Conservation Easement
Conservation Values: Agricultural lands, watershed
Land Features: Agricultural land
Mahukona Navigation & Ecological Complex, Kohala, Hawai’i
Size: 642 acres
Year Protected: 2023
Land Protection Strategy: Owned by Hawaiʻi Land Trust
Conservation Values: Archaeological and cultural preservation, habitat restoration, cultural practice and education
Land Features: Historic sites
Kūkūau Community Forest, Hilo, Hawai’i
Size: 1,600 acres
Year Protected: 2019
Land Protection Strategy: Owned by Hawaiʻi Land Trust
Conservation Values: Endangered rare plant and animal species including ʻAkuʻaku (Cynea platyphilia), and ʻIo (Hawaiian hawk), sustainable koa harvesting
Land Features: Native forest, abundant watershed (230 inches of annual rainfall), close proximity to Hilo urban community
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
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
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
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