Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge

Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge Established in 1985 to protect and manage endangered Hawaiian forest birds and their habitat You are fully responsible for the content of your comments.

Established in 1985 to protect and manage endangered Hawaiian forest birds and their habitat on the windward slope of Mauna Kea. We welcome your comments and hope that our conversations here will be courteous. We do not discriminate against any views, but we reserve the right to delete any of the following:

- off-topic comments
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02/09/2026

Due to the stormy weather, the refuge will be closed to tours, contractors, and SUP holders Monday, Feb 9th.

Congratulations and thanks to our Invasive Species Control Team staff for nabbing four feral sheep that broke into the P...
02/06/2026

Congratulations and thanks to our Invasive Species Control Team staff for nabbing four feral sheep that broke into the Pua Akala Unit at Hakalau. Sheep love to eat mamane—now the hundreds of seedlings we’ve recently planted are safe again!

As a bureau of the Department of Interior, for which a budget was previously passed, the USFWS is not included in the cu...
01/31/2026

As a bureau of the Department of Interior, for which a budget was previously passed, the USFWS is not included in the current partial government shutdown. Tours, volunteer programs, contractors, and staff are operating as normal at Hakalau.

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