Kīlauea, Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) will be stabilizing the north-facing slope of the visitor overlook area just outside of the Kīlauea Point National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) entrance gate. Access to the overlook will be closed to the public from January 7th through February 17th while work is being conducted. We apologize for the inconvenience and look forward to providing an improved visitor overlook at Kīlauea Point NWR.
The north-facing slope at the viewing overlook is showing signs of significant erosion. Over the past 10 years, vegetation has been cleared from the upper portion of the slope to enhance viewing opportunities for visitors, birds have undermined the hill by burrowing into the slope, and storms that hit Kīlauea Point in 2020 and 2021 resulted in degradation of vegetative cover. Further erosion at the viewing area would result in continued undermining of the sidewalk and safety fencing that protects staff and visitors. Providing erosion control will minimize slope erosion and stabilize the visitor overlook.
The Kīlauea Point National Wildlife Refuge was established to preserve and enhance migratory bird nesting colonies, federally listed species, and native coastal strand, riparian riparian
Definition of riparian habitat or riparian areas.
Learn more about riparian , and aquatic biological diversity, as well as to support incidental fish and wildlife-oriented recreation. The refuge is home to some of the largest populations of nesting seabirds in the main Hawaiian Islands and the historic Daniel K. Inouye Kīlauea Point Lighthouse. In 1988, the refuge was expanded to include Nihokū and Mōkōlea Point. Learn more about the refuge at www.fws.gov/kilaueapoint, follow us on Facebook, or call Jennifer Waipa at (808) 635-0925.
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