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Public outdoor recreation and education, including access to beaches and mountains The property sits at the popular Ka'awaloa trailhead,a critical access to the 537-acre Kealakekua Bay State Historical Park. Both Ka'awaloa trail and the Park face severe challenges of unmanaged access, overuse,and extractive tourism. In 2024, Kealakekua Bay,visited by over 50,000 people a year engaged in all kinds of recreation (e.g. hiking,swimming,snorkeling,diving, kayaking, boating). Ka'awaloa trail was accessed by over 17,000 people in 2023 and has climbed to over 53,000 in 2024.There are no restroom facilities or water at Ka'awaloa and many visitors are ill-prepared for the rigorous,steep,4 mile round trip hike.About 30 rescues occur annually by the Captain Cook Fire Station. Back in 2022, HKN partnered with community, NGOs, and government agencies to develop the Kealakekua Bay Community Action Plan (CAP), a model for community co-management of the Park. HKN holds a Curatorship Agreement with State Parks which began as an Adopt A Park Agreement in 2016. In 2023,State Parks adopted the CAP in its Master Plan and is now partnering with HKN to implement it. Protecting this property is critical to CAP implementation because it will become a managed gateway to Ka'awaloa trail and the Bay, a kipuka for restoration and cultural, and educational programs. Establishing a cultural stewardship center at the trailhead will implement carrying capacity limits, reduce recreational overuse, and establish cultural codes of conduct ensuring pono and safe cultural and recreational access to Ka'awaloa. In the long term community-based, culturally grounded stewardship and management will encourage regenerative tourism, empower residents and visitors to malama `aina,create green jobs, and protect this cherished wahi pans. Preservation of historic or culturally important land areas and sites The property is in the ahupua`a of Ka'awaloa (distant`awa) in two wahi pans, Kuapehu (swollen back)and Manua (piled, accumulated)and part of the Kona agricultural field system. It was once owned by Chief Naihe and his wife famed Chiefess Kapiolani. In a ka`ao about Kamiki, he harvests ceremonial'awa hiwa in the gardens of Manua, dangling from`iliahi trees, never touching the ground.Another mo`olelo of Kani'aukani speaks of Kamehameha seeing his people suffering famine because they are too busy harvesting sandalwood to plant food and tend to the fields. Kamehameha visits his uncle Chief Naihe in Ka'awaloa begging to collect huli to restore his fields. Naihe sends Kamehameha to Kuapehu to gather huli and hapu`u to plant an area over 5 miles Long,alongside his subjects.This speaks to the abundance of Kuapehu at the time. (see attachment for ka`ao and mo`olelo) The property is situated on the cusp of Kuapehu and Manua, both wahi pans and for many centuries served as an agricultural field system.The property could potentially offer beautiful views of Ka'awaloa, N5p6'opo`o, Ke'ei, Honaunau.The property's ocean views will enable the sharing of the rich ka'ao such as Kua and how the name Kealakekua (the path of Kua) honors an older name of the Bay, Kapukapu. Kua was a chief from Ka'u and shark god who through expert kilo helped teach farmers and fishers of Kapukapu how to plant using maka`ili and construct ko`a to increase fish