​The Kākahaʻia Loko Puʻuone Community Restoration Project is a foundational cornerstone of a collaborative effort to restore a 40-acre coastal wetland agroecosystem in Kawela, Molokaʻi, Hawaiʻi. Ka Ipu Makani Cultural Heritage Center, and its partners, will undertake a scoping process to guide the long-term restoration of Kākahaʻia Loko Puʻuone and its adjacent loʻi. This planning process places collaborative relationships and indigenous knowledge/perspectives at the core of restoring this cultural landscape. The goal of the proposed project is to engage the Molokaʻi community in restoration and management efforts of the Kākahaiʻa National Wildlife Refuge (KNWR).

1949 Aerial Photograph of Kākahaiʻa (USGS)