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In 1982, the National Park Service effected a minor refinement of the park's 

 southern boundary on State of Hawai'i lands in the vicinity of the small boat harbor 

 (notice of this boundary revision appeared in the Federal Register of March 25, 

 1983). The purpose of the revision was to recognize the expansion of the small boat 

 harbor. The revision was carried out in consultation and cooperation with the State 

 Department of Transportation (Harbors Division). 



At the time of authorization, park lands 'and waters were composed of four parcels 

 of privately owned lands totalling in excess of 630 acres, and approximately 500 

 acres under the jurisdiction of the State of Hawai'i (nearly all of the State holdings 

 within the park are the offshore waters of Honokohau Bay). Section 505(b) of the 

 authorizing legislation state that "Except for any lands owned by the State of Ha- 

 wai'i or its subdivisions, which may be acquired only by donation, the Secretary is 

 authorized to acquire the lands above by donation, exchange, or purchase through 

 the use of donated or appropriated funds..." 



Due to the unavailability of appropriated funds to acquire privately owned lands 

 in the park and the lack of success in acquiring these lands by other means, in the 

 1980, Public Law 95-625 was amended to authorize the National Park Service to 

 acquire Federal surplus lands from the General Services Administration (GSA) for 

 the purpose of equal value exchange for privately owned lands in the park. In 1983, 

 authority was given to the National Park Service to acquire privately owned lands 

 in the park by the issuance of credits in payment for the lands to surplus property 

 accounts to be established by GSA for the former landowners. Further, the former 

 landowners could then use the credits to purchase surplus properties without geo- 

 graphical limitation by bidding on them. The above described methods have been 

 used to acquire lands at Kaloko-Honokohau. 



The National Park Service has acquired three of the four privately owned parcels, 

 the last one in October 1990, and has achieved a land base sufficient to begin mas- 

 ter planning for the future operation and development of the national historical 

 park. A general management plan is now needed to provide a long-range framework 

 to permit orderly development and public use of the park. 



The general management plan for Kaloko-Honokohau is to be based on the rec- 

 ommendations for preservation, interpretation, management, and research con- 

 tained in the 1974 Spirit of Ka-loko Hono-ko-hau. The study report's advisory com- 

 mission called for the site of the Honokohau Settlement National Historical Land- 

 mark and adjacent waters to be preserved for the benefit of the Hawaiian people 

 and the nation as a part of the national park system. The park was envisioned T>y 

 the study commission as a center for the reorientation and perpetuation of Hawai- 

 ian activities, culture, and basic and use patterns. 



Other planning documents used in the preparation of this general management 

 plan consist of the 1982 Resource Protection Case Study, the 1984 Land Protection 

 Plan and Addendums (1986 and 1989), the 1988 Statement for Management, and 

 the 1991 Resource Management Plan. The case study recommended (1) that the 

 boundaries of the park remain as originally authorized, except for a refinement in 

 the southern boundary around the boat harbor, and (2) that all privately owned 

 lands in the park be acquired in fee. The land protection plan and its addendums 

 reiterated the need for fee acquisition of the privately held lands in the park. This 

 was judged to be the most effective way to ensure permanent protection of re- 

 sources, provision of visitor use, and the development of visitor and cultural centers, 

 as well as to satisfy the long-held concerns oi property owners. The plan also set 

 priorities for land acquisition on a tract-by-tract basis. The statement for manage- 

 ment identifies management objectives for the park in resource management, re- 

 search, interpretation/visitor use, cooperation, and operation/safety. The resource 

 management plan focuses on the major cultural and natural resource related issued 

 now facing Kaloko-Honokohau. After identifying and describing these issues, the 



f)lan identifies individual resource management projects and sets a funding priority 

 or future programming activity needs on a project-by-project basis. 



This general management plan takes the concepts of preservation, use, and devel- 

 opment contained in the 1974 Spirit of Ka-loko Honoko-hau report and translates 

 them into specific proposals for action. These proposed actions will encompass the 

 full spectrum of general management plan issues, including visitor services, the in- 

 terpretation of park resources, park administration and maintenance, and the pro- 

 tection and management of resources. Cost estimates to carry out the proposed ac- 

 tions have been developed for construction and staffing. 



Direction provided in the authorizing legislation germane to the development of 

 this general management plan includes: (1) the provision of traditional native Ha- 

 waiian accommodations; (2) entering into cooperative agreements with the State of 

 Hawai'i for the management of submerged lands within the authorized boundary; 

 and (3) agreements with other government entities and private landowners to estab- 



