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Motor Carrier Law Exemption for community-based transportation programs passes
“This bill recognizes that programs like the Hā‘ena State Park access and entry management program, which reinvests its proceeds into environmental and community benefits, shouldn’t be treated like traditional, for-profit carriers,” said House Speaker Nadine K. Nakamura.
Community-built comfort station at Hāʻena State Park gets BLNR approval
In a landmark decision, the land board has approved a nonprofit to plan, design and pay for an entire capital improvement project for the DLNR Division of State Parks. The project will take place at Ha’ena State Park on Kauaʻi.
Case study unveiled on community-led management of Hawaiʻi State Parks
“The Transformation of Hā‘ena State Park,” is described as a comprehensive playbook that details how this once overcrowded, overtaxed, and over-loved park – literally at the end of the road on Kauaʻi’s north shore, has experienced a complete makeover.
New law seeks to mitigate impacts of over tourism at state parks
Governor Josh Green, M.D. signed into law, Act 72 (HB1183), establishing a path toward mitigating overtourism impacts on state parks. The new law exempts nonprofit parking lot and concession operators from bidding requirements for operating at certain state parks.
2018 Kaua‘i Floods and Ongoing Pandemic Make Way for Adaptive Management
Hāʻena, the gateway to the famous and immensely popular Nāpali Coast State Wilderness Park, now is able, through reservation and parking controls, to cap daily visitation to both parks at 900 people, compared to 2,000 or more before the flood.
Innovative Adaptive Tourism Management Underway at Hāʻena State Park on Kauaʻi
Parking enforcement is one of the tools being utilized to achieve the goals of the master plan for neighboring Hāʻena State Park. More importantly, is a new adaptive management structure which incorporates community involvement as its core.
