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 'Man with conch' is an original drawing by Herb Kane and used with his kind permission.

Natural Area Reserves System

Hawaiian Ecosystems

Adequate funding for the NARS is needed
to ensure that these unique ecosystems
will be there for future generations!


ECOSYSTEMS & GEOLOGICAL SITES IN THE NARS
 
`äkulikuli shrubland Kahauale`a 1983 &1985 Flows  montane lake & bog
 Alealau Kaua`i diverse lowland forest  Nä Pu`u O Pele
`Ÿlika Lava Flow of 1919 käwelu grassland `öhi`a rain forest
 alpine aeloan desert kïpuka  Pa`upa`u
 anchialine pool koa forest  Pele's last home on Maui
 boulder beach Kohala watershed  pili grassland
 coastal sand dune lama dry forest  Pleistocene glaciation
 coral reef lava tube cave  Pu`u O `Umi Bog
 critical plant habitat lichen alpine dry herbland  sand beach
 essential forest bird habitat Lïhau  seabird foraging habitat
 hala coastal forest mämane forest  snowy alpine terrain
 häpu`u rain forest Mauna Kea Adze Quarry  Waiäkea 1942 Lava Flow
`ilima/pä`ª o Hi`iaka shrubland mixed fern/`ape`ape wet pali  wiliwili lowland dry forest

 

`€hi`a & häpu`u mesic forest, Kipähoehoe Reserve, Hawai`i Pu`u Ali`i Reserve rain forest, Moloka`i `Ohe makai & `aiea dry forest, Kanaio Reserve, Maui


STREAMS, WATERFALLS, LAKES & PONDS IN THE NARS

Alakahi Stream Kahakuloa Stream `Olo`upena Falls
Amalu Stream Honokäne Nui Stream Moa`alele Stream
Ha`akoa Stream Kaiwilahilahi Stream Pahale Stream
Halona Stream Ki`owaiokihawahine (Violet Lake) Wahilau Stream
Häloku Falls Kanahä Stream Pahole Stream
Halua & Kauhioaiakini Ponds Kapäloa Stream Waiäkuakua Stream
Hanakäpi`ai Stream Kohäköhau Stream Waiau
Hanakoa Stream Kuhiwa Stream Wai`ilikahi Stream
Hanawï Stream Mäkapipi Stream Wailele Falls

 

Ki'owaiokihawahine (Violet Lake), West Maui Reserve Stream ecosystem, Pu'u O 'Umi Reserve, Hawai'i Halua Pond (anchialine pool), Ühihi-Kïna'u Reserve, Maui

 

 



KAHEA is an alliance of Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) cultural practitioners,
environmental activists and others concerned about protecting customary and
traditional rights and our fragile environment.

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