Kalaeokaunaʻoa Coastal Strand Restoration

Kalaeokaunaʻoa, or Kahuku Point, is an area of undeveloped coastline on Oʻahu’s North Shore. It is one the few remaining places on Oʻahu with intact coastal strand habitat that includes ʻohai (Sesbania tomentosa), yellow-faced bees (Hylaeus anthracinus), monk seals (Monachus schauinslandi, including multiple generations of females who pup here annually), Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) and nesting sea turtles (both Hawksbill, Eretmochelys imbricata and Green, Chelonia mydas). North Shore Community Land Trust’s project is a volunteer-based community stewardship and coastline restoration effort stemming from a partnership between North Shore Community Land Trust, Turtle Bay Resort, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Pacific Islands Coastal Program, and Hawai‘i Department of Land and Natural Resources.