A living guide to Kauaʻi
Places & Management Areas of Kauaʻi
Explore the island’s native and introduced species, habitats, watersheds and conservation work. Each record connects its description, images and sources with the interactive Atlas.
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Kauaʻi State Parks
Collection record for State Park System areas on Kauaʻi; operational notices are stored as time-bounded events rather than permanent properties.
Kauaʻi Forest Reserve System
Collection record for the nine Forest Reserves listed by DOFAW for Kauaʻi.
Kauaʻi Natural Area Reserves
Collection record for Natural Area Reserves on Kauaʻi.
Kauaʻi State Wildlife Sanctuaries
Kauaʻi State Wildlife Sanctuaries is represented as a wildlife sanctuary system within the Kauaʻi Conservation Atlas Places & Management Areas intelligence module.
Kauaʻi National Wildlife Refuge Complex — Kauaʻi Refuges
Collection record for the three National Wildlife Refuges on Kauaʻi.
Kauaʻi Public Hunting Area System
Public hunting-area system for Kauaʻi. DOFAW reports approximately 100,000 acres; boundaries and closures are explicitly version-sensitive.
Kauaʻi Regulated Fishing Areas
Collection record for DAR-regulated fishing and aquatic-resource areas on Kauaʻi.
Kauaʻi Watershed Alliance Protection Network
Operational protection network of fenced and proposed watershed-management areas reported in current Kauaʻi watershed-protection analysis.
Ahukini State Recreational Pier
Ahukini State Recreational Pier is represented as a state park within the Kauaʻi Conservation Atlas Places & Management Areas intelligence module.
Hāʻena State Park
Hāʻena State Park is represented as a state park within the Kauaʻi Conservation Atlas Places & Management Areas intelligence module.
Kōkeʻe State Park
Kōkeʻe State Park is represented as a state park within the Kauaʻi Conservation Atlas Places & Management Areas intelligence module.
Nāpali Coast State Wilderness Park
Nāpali Coast State Wilderness Park is represented as a state park within the Kauaʻi Conservation Atlas Places & Management Areas intelligence module.
Pāʻulaʻula State Historic Site
Pāʻulaʻula State Historic Site is represented as a state park within the Kauaʻi Conservation Atlas Places & Management Areas intelligence module.
Polihale State Park
Polihale State Park is represented as a state park within the Kauaʻi Conservation Atlas Places & Management Areas intelligence module.
Wailua River State Park
Wailua River State Park is represented as a state park within the Kauaʻi Conservation Atlas Places & Management Areas intelligence module.
Waimea Canyon State Park
Waimea Canyon State Park is represented as a state park within the Kauaʻi Conservation Atlas Places & Management Areas intelligence module.
Waimea State Recreational Pier
Waimea State Recreational Pier is represented as a state park within the Kauaʻi Conservation Atlas Places & Management Areas intelligence module.
Haleleʻa Forest Reserve
Haleleʻa Forest Reserve is represented as a forest reserve within the Kauaʻi Conservation Atlas Places & Management Areas intelligence module.
Kālepa Forest Reserve
Kālepa Forest Reserve is represented as a forest reserve within the Kauaʻi Conservation Atlas Places & Management Areas intelligence module.
Keālia Forest Reserve
Keālia Forest Reserve is represented as a forest reserve within the Kauaʻi Conservation Atlas Places & Management Areas intelligence module.
Līhuʻe-Kōloa Forest Reserve
Līhuʻe-Kōloa Forest Reserve is represented as a forest reserve within the Kauaʻi Conservation Atlas Places & Management Areas intelligence module.
Mānā Plains Forest Reserve
Mānā Plains Forest Reserve is represented as a forest reserve within the Kauaʻi Conservation Atlas Places & Management Areas intelligence module.
Moloaʻa Forest Reserve
Moloaʻa Forest Reserve is represented as a forest reserve within the Kauaʻi Conservation Atlas Places & Management Areas intelligence module.
Nā Pali-Kona Forest Reserve
Nā Pali-Kona Forest Reserve is represented as a forest reserve within the Kauaʻi Conservation Atlas Places & Management Areas intelligence module.
Nounou Forest Reserve
Nounou Forest Reserve is represented as a forest reserve within the Kauaʻi Conservation Atlas Places & Management Areas intelligence module.
Puʻu Ka Pele Forest Reserve
Puʻu Ka Pele Forest Reserve is represented as a forest reserve within the Kauaʻi Conservation Atlas Places & Management Areas intelligence module.
Hono O Nā Pali Natural Area Reserve
Natural Area Reserve established in 1983 and expanded in 2009; official source reports 3,578.8 acres spanning sea level to Pihea with streams, lowland and montane forests and bog habitat.
Kuia Natural Area Reserve
Natural Area Reserve in Waimea district; official source reports 1,636 acres and multiple rare native communities.
Alakaʻi Wilderness Preserve
Hawaiʻi’s only wilderness preserve; a high-elevation wet-forest and bog landscape containing headwaters and habitat for rare forest birds, plants and invertebrates.
Kawaiʻele Waterbird Sanctuary
Kawaiʻele Waterbird Sanctuary is represented as a state wildlife sanctuary within the Kauaʻi Conservation Atlas Places & Management Areas intelligence module.
Lehua Island Seabird Sanctuary
Lehua Island Seabird Sanctuary is represented as a state wildlife sanctuary within the Kauaʻi Conservation Atlas Places & Management Areas intelligence module.
Mokuʻaeʻae Rock Islet Seabird Sanctuary
Mokuʻaeʻae Rock Islet Seabird Sanctuary is represented as a state wildlife sanctuary within the Kauaʻi Conservation Atlas Places & Management Areas intelligence module.
Kaʻula Islet Seabird Sanctuary
Kaʻula Islet Seabird Sanctuary is represented as a state wildlife sanctuary within the Kauaʻi Conservation Atlas Places & Management Areas intelligence module.
Hanalei National Wildlife Refuge
917-acre refuge established in 1972 in Hanalei Valley for recovery of threatened and endangered species and wetland habitat.
Hulēʻia National Wildlife Refuge
National Wildlife Refuge established in 1973 along the Hulēʻia River for recovery of threatened and endangered wildlife.
Kīlauea Point National Wildlife Refuge
National Wildlife Refuge on the northernmost point of the main Hawaiian Islands, supporting a major nesting seabird colony and native coastal plants.
Wailua Game Management Area
Wailua Game Management Area is represented as a game management area within the Kauaʻi Conservation Atlas Places & Management Areas intelligence module.
Kekaha Game Management Area
Kekaha Game Management Area is represented as a game management area within the Kauaʻi Conservation Atlas Places & Management Areas intelligence module.
Kauaʻi Public Hunting Unit A
Canonical Unit A record. Official downloadable maps include Kekaha GMA. Unit geometry, access and closures are version-sensitive; current DOFAW information controls.
Kauaʻi Public Hunting Unit B
Canonical Unit B record. Official downloadable maps include Puʻu Ka Pele Forest Reserve / Nā Pali-Kona Forest Reserve. Unit geometry, access and closures are version-sensitive; current DOFAW information controls.
Kauaʻi Public Hunting Unit C
Canonical Unit C record. Official downloadable maps include Haleleʻa, Moloaʻa, Keālia and Līhuʻe-Kōloa Forest Reserve sections. Unit geometry, access and closures are version-sensitive; current DOFAW information controls.
Kauaʻi Public Hunting Unit D
Canonical Unit D record. Official downloadable maps include Kōkeʻe State Park. Unit geometry, access and closures are version-sensitive; current DOFAW information controls.
Kauaʻi Public Hunting Unit E
Canonical Unit E record. Official downloadable maps include Nā Pali-Kona Forest Reserve / Hono O Nā Pali NAR / Alakaʻi Wilderness Preserve sections. Unit geometry, access and closures are version-sensitive; current DOFAW information control
Kauaʻi Public Hunting Unit F
Canonical Unit F record. Official downloadable maps include Mokihana Ridge / Waimea Canyon. Unit geometry, access and closures are version-sensitive; current DOFAW information controls.
Kauaʻi Public Hunting Unit G
Canonical Unit G record. Official downloadable maps include Nāpali Coast State Wilderness Park / Hono O Nā Pali NAR. Unit geometry, access and closures are version-sensitive; current DOFAW information controls.
Kauaʻi Public Hunting Unit H
Canonical Unit H record. Official downloadable maps include Puʻu Ka Pele FR / Nā Pali-Kona FR / Kuia NAR. Unit geometry, access and closures are version-sensitive; current DOFAW information controls.
Kauaʻi Public Hunting Unit I
Canonical Unit I record. Official downloadable maps include Wailua GMA. Unit geometry, access and closures are version-sensitive; current DOFAW information controls.
Kauaʻi Public Hunting Unit J
Canonical Unit J record. Official downloadable maps include Puʻu Ka Pele FR / Waimea Canyon State Park. Unit geometry, access and closures are version-sensitive; current DOFAW information controls.
Kauaʻi Public Hunting Unit K
Canonical Unit K record. Official downloadable maps include Puʻu Ka Pele Forest Reserve / Kalalau Rim section. Unit geometry, access and closures are version-sensitive; current DOFAW information controls.
Kauaʻi Public Hunting Unit L
Canonical Unit L record. Official downloadable maps include Kōkeʻe Road / Waimea Canyon Road area. Unit geometry, access and closures are version-sensitive; current DOFAW information controls.
Hāʻena Community-Based Subsistence Fishing Area
Community-based subsistence fishery management with specific permitted/prohibited gear, harvest, sub-area and transit rules.
Hanamāulu Bay and Ahukini Recreational Pier Fisheries Management Area
Regulated bay and public fishing pier area.
Kapaʻa and Waikaʻea Canals Regulated Fishing Area
Regulated canal fisheries area.
Kōkeʻe Public Fishing Area
Freshwater public fishing area covering designated Kōkeʻe streams, reservoirs and ditches.
Nāwiliwili Harbor Fisheries Management Area
Regulated harbor fishery management area.
Port Allen Fisheries Management Area
Regulated harbor fishery management area.
Wailua Reservoir Public Fishing Area
Freshwater public fishing area with licensing, gear, access and bag constraints.
Waimea Bay and Waimea Recreational Pier Regulated Fishing Area
Regulated bay and recreational pier fishery area.
Hāʻena ʻOpihi Management Area
CBSFA sub-area where specified shellfish harvest is allowed under area-specific rules.
Makua Puʻuhonua
Four-sided protected sub-area in Makua lagoon within the Hāʻena CBSFA.
