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Kilauea Point Natural History Association
(KPNHA) works in cooperation with the United States Fish and Wildlife
Service to promote interpretive, educational, and scientific projects
that focus on Hawaii's islands, among the most unique and interesting
islands in the world. This website gives you an introduction to
KPNHA and the Kilauea
Point National Wildlife Refuge.
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KPNHA is a non-profit, tax-exempt educational corporation. Gifts
to the association are tax-deductible in accordance with current
Internal Revenue Service Regulations. Independent of
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government funding, Its work is sustained by memberships, contributions,
and sales from a gift shop it operates at Kilauea Point National
Wildlife Refuge on the North Shore of Kauai.
At the shop, KPNHA makes available a wide variety of pamphlets,
books, maps, posters, artwork and other natural history items
to enhance the visitor's understanding of Hawaiian ecosystems.
All proceeds are utilized by KPNHA to further its educational
and interpretive goals. An important project of KPNHA is to
develop environmental awareness among Hawaii's children. An
example is Hawaii
Nature Focus, a natural history educational publication
distributed free to Hawaii's schools and now presented electronically
on this website. Other KPNHA programs are also showcased.
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The Association headquarters are on the 32-acre peninsula
bluff high above the surging northern swells at the northernmost tip
of Kauai, site of the Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge administered
by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Here stands the historic Kilauea
Lighthouse, built in 1913 to guide trans-Pacific shipping fleets through
the Hawaiian archipelago. The area offers sweeping views of the spectacular,
rugged coast, an island bird sanctuary and excellent vantage points
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Hawaiian Wild
Things including bird life (Red-footed Boobies, Laysan Albatross,
Wedge-tailed Shearwaters, White and Red-tailed Tropicbirds, Great
Frigatebirds, Pacific Golden Plovers) marine life (Pacific Green Sea
Turtles, Spinner Dolphins, Hawaiian Humpback Whales) and coastal plants
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Come visit us at one of the most spectacular of Hawaiian places,
or enjoy us here on the web!
Aloha!
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