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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

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environmental activists and others concerned about protecting customary and
traditional rights and our fragile environment.