Legacy Land Conservation Program Projects

Applicant / Location / Request
DOFAW, DLNR / Hamakua hillside, Kailua, Island of Oahu / $450,000
DOFAW, DLNR / Kawela Bay, Kahuku, Island of Oahu / $3,000,000
Kona Historical Society / Kona Mauka, Island of Hawaii / $448,831
Kauai Public Land Trust / Hanalei, Island of Kauai / $750,000
Cntr. for Non-Violent Ed. & Action (Malu Aina) / Puna District, Island of Hawaii / $201,787.50
Maui Coastal Land Trust / Pupukea, North Shore, Island of Oahu / $609,425
Maunalua Fishpond Heritage Center / Kuliouou, Island of Oahu / $609,425
State Parks, DLNR / North Kohala, Island of Hawaii / $7,000
The Trust for Public Land / Honouliuli Preserve, Island of Oahu / $537,500
The Trust for Public Land / Lapakahi, Kohala, Island of Hawaii / $1,250,000

Wai‘anae Community Re-development Corporation (MA‘O Organic Farms):
$737,300 for the acquisition of 11 acres, in Lualualei Valley, O‘ahu, for the
protection of its agricultural values.

County of Hawai‘i: $1,500,000 for the acquisition of 550.871 acres in Kawa,
District of Ka‘u, Hawai‘i Island, for the preservation of watershed, coastal,
habitat, cultural, recreational, and open space values.

Kaua‘i Public Land Trust: $700,000 for the acquisition of 20.532 acres fronting
Kahili Beach, North Shore, Kaua‘i, for the protection of its watershed, coastal,
and habitat values.

Maui Coastal Land Trust: $994,724 for the acquisition of 128 acres in Nu‘u
Makai, southeast shore, Maui, for the protection of coastal, wetland, habitat,
historical, and cultural values.

Ke `Aupuni Lokahi, Inc. (Moloka‘i Enterprise Community): $767,976 for the
acquisition of 196.4 acres to be held by Moloka‘i Land Trust, in Kawaikapu,
Mana‘e, Moloka‘i, for the protection of watershed, cultural, and scenic values.

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Division of Forestry and Wildlife (DOFAW), Department of Land and Natural
Resources: $430,250 for the acquisition of the 1,335.98-acre Carlsmith property near
Hilo, on the Big Island, for the conservation of native forest and habitat.

National Tropical Botanical Garden (NTBG): $1,500,000 for the acquisition of
169.87 acres in Honomā‘ele, Hana, on Maui, for the conservation of native hala forest
and cultural resources.

Cave Conservancy of Hawai‘i: $154,000 for the acquisition of 9 acres in Kula Kai
View Estates, on the Big Island, for the conservation of cave tunnels and cultural
resources.

Kona Historical Society: $301,000 for the acquisition of the 5.536-acre Uchida
Farm, in Kealakekua, on the Big Island, for the preservation of agricultural and historical
resources.

Hawai‘i County: $1,214,750 for the acquisition of 234.293 in Ka‘u, near Kawa‘a Bay,
on the Big Island, for the preservation of natural and cultural resources.

Agribusiness Development Corporation (ADC), Department of Agriculture:
$1,100,000, for the acquisition of an agricultural easement on 108.217 acres of land in
Kunia, on O‘ahu, from the Hawai‘i Agricultural Research Center (HARC), for the
perpetual preservation of prime agricultural land.

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Maui Coastal Land Trust: $1,100,000 for the acquisition of a conservation easement over 168 acres, Molokai's south-eastern shore, for the perpetual preservation of prime ranch and agricultural lands.

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