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Kawainui Stream has been highly rated for its relatively undisturbed, natural conditions. Endemic freshwater <br />and brackish species are becoming increasingly rare due to stream channelization, pollution, water diversions, <br />development activities, competition from invasive, exotic species, etc. Kawainui Stream still appears to be a <br />haven for endemic freshwater species, such as the hihTwai (Neritina granosa), 'o'opu, (five endemic species in <br />need of study), 'opaekala'ole (Atyoida bisulcate), and Orangeblack Hawaiian Damselfly (Megalagrion <br />xanthomelas). The beach is an important feeding ground for the Hawaiian hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys <br />imbricata). <br />Outside of the Kawainui Stream gulch on more gently sloped terrain are approximately 50-acres of plantings of <br />African Mahogany (Khoya senegalensis), Teak (Tectona grandis), Honduran Mahogany (Swietenia <br />macrophylla), Queensland Maple (Flindersia brayleyana), and Pheasantwood (Senna siamea). The plantings <br />were started in 2000 and extend all the way from the old Mamalahoa Hwy. to the ocean bluffs on both sides of <br />the stream. <br />Zu <br />eeei �• <br />T <br />= <br />_ <br />a°•.aonss.•+a <br />r� <br />, <br />ZDNED'm VPLM <br />2 7_.T-I l <br />I...600f♦. <br />TM K: <br />2-7-011:001 <br />40.3 acres. <br />North side of <br />Kawainui <br />Stream <br />TMK: <br />2-7-010:027 <br />40.89 acres. <br />South side of <br />Kawainui <br />Stream <br />2 <br />