Kaumaui
Hui Hoʻoleimaluō expanded its stewardship along the Keaukaha coastline in 2021 to include three acres of ʻāina and loko wai (or anchialine pools) at Kaumaui. The loko wai at Kaumaui are a mix of fresh and salt water creating a unique brackish or waikai ecosystem and oasis that nurtures juvenile fish, endemic seaweed, seabirds, and native plants.
Culturally and Environmentally Responsive
Secured in early 2021 thorough a unique partnership with Ka ʻUmeke Kāʻeo Hawaiian Language Immersion Public Charter School, Kaumaui is privately owned by Hui Hoʻoleimaluō. Hui Hoʻoleimaluō in conjunction with Hawaiʻi Land Trust is working through the County of Hawaiʻi Public Access, Open Spaces, and Natural Resource Preservation Commission (PONC) to secure a conservation easement that would safeguard Kaumaui for community and education in perpetuity. In collaboration with Hawaiʻi Non Linear master site planning is occurring to design facilities at Kaumaui that will be a model for community driven recovery of ‘āina systems, and regenerative land development that is culturally and environmentally responsive.
Committed to future generations…
The dynamic Kaumaui property, and the autonomy offered by fee-simple ownership, will provide much needed community learning facilities for educational programming around mauka to makai watershed ecosystems in the Waiākea ahupuaʻa. The long-term vision for Kaumaui is to provide a space to design and introduce new STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics) related instruments and methods in the community, collaborating with neighboring land-owners, stewards, and educational organizations to transfer localized knowledge, preserve and share the area’s rich cultural history, and contribute to food production and security, while discovering adaptive methods that will drive future generations to build resilience for sustaining our coastal resources.