Kealia Pond National Wildlife Refuge

Kealia Pond National Wildlife Refuge

Parks Directory of the United States / National Wildlife Refuges

Address: c/o Maui NWR Complex
PO Box 1042
Kehei, HI 96753
Phone: 808-875-1582;
Web: www.fws.gov/pacificislands/wnwr/mkealianwr.html
Established: 1992.
Location: Adjacent to Maalaea Bay, along the south-central coast of Maui.
Facilities: Visitor contact station, viewing sites, boardwalk trail.
Activities: Educational programs, hiking, wildlife observation.
Special Features: In summer, the pond often shrinks to less than half its winter size, leaving a crust of pure crystalline salt at its margins. Kealia means "the salt-encrusted place," and Hawaiians gathered salt here for centuries.
Habitats: 700 acres of wetlands.
Access: Year round during daylight hours.
Wild life: Endangered Hawaiian stilt and Hawaiian coot, wintering migratory waterfowl, shorebirds, also provides nesting ground for the endangered hawksbill turtle.

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