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populations. Proper kilo,essential to pono land and resource management, is only possible with unobstructed view planes from mauka to makai. Maintaining the property in open space will create opportunities to perpetuate the cultural practices and mo`olelo of Kealakekua. The property is a portion of Royal Patent 4386&7532, Land Commission Award 8452 Apana 10 to A. Keohokalole in 1881. State Historic Site#7253 appears to be on the property. The propertywill enable community stewardship of Kealakekua Baywhich is a significant wahi pana (storied place,) home to the historic Kona Field System,two fishing villages, Hikiau Heiau, Helehelekalani Heiau,trails,dry stack walls, anchialine pools, ponds, birthing sites, house sites, and burial grounds. It was selected by the ali`i (chiefs, monarchs)as one of 7 royal centers of Kona in the 1700s because of its sheltered bay and abundance of natural resources.The Hikiau Heiau complex made up of a luakini heiau,Wailokoali`i pond,and other heiau, played an important political role amongali`i, including the birth of Lonoikamakahiki. Kealakekua was also the site of the first extensive contact between Hawaiians and Europeans when Captain James Cook anchored there in January 1779. Cook was subsequently killed there after kidnapping Kalani`opu`u,the ruling chief of the island.A controversial monument to Cook, built by the British in 1874, still stands at the Ka`awaloa side of the Bay.The region surrounding the Baywas designated a National Register Historic District in 1973(Site#73000651). Protection of natural resources,significant habitat or ecosystems, including buffer zones Kealakekua Bay is a MLCD and one of the most sheltered bays on the island. Ka`awaloa is a flat peninsula near sea level that rises gradually to the north edge of the pali. Its shoreline is a levy ledge with some sand and coral beaches.The steep 600 ft high, 1.5 mi. long Pali Kapu o Keoua (cliff) shelters the Bay.The northern portion of the pali has numerous lava tube caves.Above the pali (where the property is located)the land slopes up toward the summit of Mauna Loa. N5p6'opo`o is relatively flat and slightly elevated above sea level. It used to be fronted by a sand beach which was covered in boulders after Hurricane Iniki in 1992.A shallow sand bar still fronts the beach. The property itself is overgrown with invasive vegetation including monsters, koa haole,golden pathos and epipremnum aureum,to name a few.These species are quickly taking over many of the canoe plants, including`ulu (breadfruit)and ki(ti). Kealakekua Bay is dominated by non-native species, but native plants include: ilie`e,`uhaloa, pili and manienie grass,`ali`ala wai nui, pua kala, maiapilo,and ma`o.The Park's native birds include: `ulili (Wandering tattler), koa`e kea (White-tailed tropicbird),and`auku`u (Black-crowned night- heron).8 Federal and State endangered or threatened species occur in the Kealakekua Bay region including:ae`o(Hawaiian stilt),`alae ke`oke`o(Hawaiian coot),`ak6'ake(Band rumped storm petrel),`u`au (Hawaiian petrel), `ua`u kani (Newell's shearwater), `io(Hawaiian Hawk), `Ope`ape`a (Hawaiian hoary bat), and Blackburn's sphinx moth.