Hawaiian Islands Land Trust

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS LAND TRUST DBA HAWAI'I LAND TRUST (HILT) IS HAWAI'I'S STATEWIDE LAND TRUST THAT IS BOTH A HAWAI'I 501(C)3 NONPROFIT, AND A NATIONALLY ACCREDITED LAND TRUST. HILT'S MISSION IS TO PROTECT AND STEWARD THE LANDS THAT SUSTAIN HAWAI'I, AND TO PERPETUATE HAWAIIAN VALUES BY CONNECTING PEOPLE WITH 'AINA. 'AINA MEANS THE LANDS THAT FEED US. HILT FORMED IN 2011 FROM A MERGER OF FOUR ISLAND LAND TRUSTS ON MAUI, O'AHU, HAWAI'I ISLAND, AND KAUA'I. A DEDICATED BOARD OF DIRECTORS REPRESENTING ALL MAJOR ISLANDS GUIDES HILT, SUPPORTED BY A HARD WORKING, DIVERSE, AND KNOWLEDGEABLE STAFF. HILT HAS PROTECTED OVER 21,705 ACRES ACROSS HAWAI'I, THROUGH FEE PURCHASES THAT BECOME PUBLIC PRESERVES OWNED AND STEWARDED BY HILT, AND CONSERVATION EASEMENTS PROTECTING AGRICULTURAL, ECOLOGICAL, AND CULTURAL RESOURCES ON PRIVATE LANDS. WE WORK IN THREE PROGRAMMATIC AREAS: PROTECT, STEWARD, AND CONNECT. WE PROTECT LANDS THAT ARE INTEGRAL TO HAWAI'I'S WELL-BEING AND CHARACTER, UPHOLDING OUR KULEANA (RESP

HAWAI'I LAND TRUST (HILT) WORKS IN THREE PROGRAMMATIC AREAS: PROTECT, STEWARD, AND CONNECT. HILT IS CONSTANTLY FURTHERING ITS EFFORTS TO: 1) PROTECT LANDS IN LINE WITH ITS STRATEGIC LAND PROTECTION PRIORITIES (COASTLINES, HAWAIIAN CULTURAL LANDSCAPES, AND LANDS THAT GROW FOOD FOR HAWAI'I'S PEOPLE); 2) STEWARD ITS PUBLIC PRESERVES AND CONSERVATION EASEMENTS WITH NUMEROUS CONSERVATION VALUES (STUNNING SCENIC VISTAS; PUBLIC OUTDOOR RECREATION AREAS; PLACES OF CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE; RANCHES AND FARMS THAT PROVIDE FRESH LOCAL FOOD; WILDLIFE HABITATS THAT SECURE BIODIVERSITY; BEACHES FOR PEOPLE TO ENJOY; AND OTHER WATER RESOURCE AREAS); AND 3) CONNECT COMMUNITIES TO THEIR SPECIAL NATURAL PLACES. SOME 2021 HIGHLIGHTS ARE AS FOLLOWS: 1)PROTECTED 30 ACRES OF COASTAL RANCHLAND OF GREAT CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE AT MAKA'ALAE, HANA COAST, MAUI IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL NONPROFIT KE AO HALI'I. THIS BROUGHT THE TOTAL ACRES PROTECTED BY HILT UP TO 21,705 AT THE END OF 2021. 2)FINALIZED 1 MOU WITH HAU'ULA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO USE MAUNAWILA HEIAU COMPLEX AS A SATELLITE CAMPUS TO ENHANCE STUDENT LEARNING AND PRIDE 3)PARTNERED WITH UH MAUI COLLEGE TO ESTABLISH THE AHUPUA'A STEWARDS LEADERSHIP PROGRAM 4)SIGNIFICANTLY ADVANCED 8 LAND PROTECTION EFFORTS TO CLOSE IN 2021 - 2023, INCLUDING KAHUMANA ORGANIC FARMS IN WAI'ANAE, O'AHU, WAIKALUA FISHPONDS COMPLEX IN KANE'OHE, O'AHU, MOKAE II ON THE HANA COAST, MAUI, AND KAUMAUI IN KEAUKAHA, HAWAI'I ISLAND. 5)SIGNED AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE AND PERMANENTLY PROTECT MAHUKONA NAVIGATIONAL COMPLEX, COMPRISING 642 ACRES OF LAND, AND SPANNING 6 AHUPUA'A ALONG THE KOHALA COAST OF HAWAI'I ISLAND 6)PLANTED 489 NATIVE AND RARE PLANTS AT HILT'S PRESERVES 7)1,370 VOLUNTEERS GAVE 6,918 HOURS OF STEWARDSHIP TO HILT PRESERVES 8)HOSTED 61 VOLUNTEER DAYS AT WAIHE'E REFUGE, NU'U REFUGE, KAHILI BEACH PRESERVE, AND MAUNAWILA HEIAU COMPLEX 9)PROVIDED ANNUAL MONITORING FOR 46 CONSERVATION EASEMENTS PER NATIONAL STANDARDS 10)HOSTED 3 COMMUNITY KILO (OBSERVATION) PROGRAMS AT WAIHE'E COASTAL DUNES AND WETLANDS REFUGE, KAHILI BEACH PRESERVE AND MAUNAWILA HEIAU COMPLEX 11)REMOVED INVASIVE PLANTS FROM 2 ACRES AT WAIHE'E REFUGE, NU'U REFUGE, MAUNAWILA HEIAU COMPLEX, AND KAHILI BEACH PRESERVE 12)LED 46 TALK STORY ON THE LAND HIKES ACROSS THE ISLANDS, SHARING THE IMPORTANCE OF MALAMA 'AINA WITH OVER 400 PARTICIPANTS 13)TAUGHT 2,228 STUDENTS IN 'AINA-BASED EDUCATION ON HILT PRESERVES 14)CREATED 10 EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE VIDEOS USED IN CLASSROOMS THROUGHOUT HAWAI'I 15)PROVIDED 27 HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE INTERNSHIPS IN NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND LAND PROTECTION 16)WELCOMED 26,300 VISITORS TO OUR PRESERVES ACROSS HAWAI'I 17)HOSTED 1,483 CAMPERS AT HILT PRESERVES 18)15 'AINA AND KAI-BASED CULTURAL PRACTICES PERPETUATED ON HILT'S PRESERVES 19)RAN 3 AFTER SCHOOL AND SUMMER YOUTH EDUCATION PROGRAMS AT MAUNAWILA HEIAU COMPLEX AND KAHILI BEACH PRESERVE 20)PROVIDED 2 'AINA RESOURCE TRAININGS TO THE COMMUNITY INCREASING KNOWLEDGE OF ARCHAEOLOGY AND IWI KUPUNA LAWS 21)STRENGTHENED 14 COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS TO SHARE HILT'S EXPERTISE AND WELCOME COLLABORATION IN MALAMA 'AINA STRATEGIES AND WORK 22)HIRED KIA'I COLLIER AS HILT'S FULL TIME RESIDENT WAIHE'E STEWARD 23)BEGAN IMPLEMENTING THE CLIMATE CHANGE RESILIENCY PLAN FOR WAIHE'E COASTAL DUNES AND WETLANDS REFUGE, MAUI 24)COMPLETED A CLIMATE CHANGE RESILIENCY PLAN FOR KAHILI BEACH PRESERVE, KAUA'I 25)PROVIDED 12 HOURS OF EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH TO THE KAHILI OCEAN-USER COMMUNITY AT KAHILI BEACH PRESERVE