06/01/2023
"The Ka Iwi Coast holds special meaning--canoe paddlers, fishermen and boaters use the scenic coastline as a key navigational landmark indicating the Ka Iwi channel between Oʻahu and Molokaʻi. For Native Hawaiians, Ka Iwi Coast is part of their genealogy – the first place on O‘ahu where the volcano goddess Pele struck her legendary digging stick looking for a fiery home and a place steeped in ancient stories and once dotted with fishing villages. Every day, thousands of residents and visitors hike, swim, surf or paddle along this stunning natural coastline that is one of the defining landscapes of Hawai‘i... In March of 2017, the State Department of Land and Natural Resources imposed protective deed restrictions and the City and County of Honolulu and The Trust for Public Land co-hold a conservation easement over the properties ensuring the land will never be threatened with development again. The Trust for Public Land conveyed the remaining two parcels totaling 182 acres of east Oʻahu coastline to the community through nonprofit Livable Hawai‘i Kai Hui, which now owns and will steward the land." (Source: Trust for Public Land) (Photo by Katie Stephens)