Malama 'o Koke'e - Koke'e Leaseholders Association

Division of State Parks Response to Public Comments on the Draft Master Plan and Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Koke'e & Waimea Canyon State Parks
August 2007

The Latest Galloping News from the Mountaintop
October 2006

Koke'e Clarity
Clarifying DLNR's "Corrections" - September 2006

DLNR Responds to Public Concerns Expressed about the Master Plan - September 2006

Ed Case speaks out on the Koke'e Master Plan

Board of Land & Natural Resources Meeting
Request by State Parks to Issue Revocable Permits for Koke'e Recreation Residence Leases
Friday, August 11, 2006, beginning at 9 am
See Item E1 here (www.hawaii.gov).

Motion for Summary Judgment will be heard before Judge Kathleen Watanabe in 5th Circuit Court, Lihue, on Thursday, July 6, at 1:00 pm

The Truth About Koke'e
Letter to the Editor in The Garden Island, June 3, 2006

Koke'e Draft EIS published - May 26, 2006 (21 MB)

Moving Your Koke'e Cabin: How to File a Conservation District Use Application to Move or Demolish your Koke'e Cabin

2006 Measures in the Hawaii State Legislature

House Concurrent Resolution 246 heard, but did not pass the Senate Water, Land and Agriculture Committee
The current draft (809KB) | Current status
Testimony by the Leaseholders Association (540KB)
Testimony by DLNR (79KB)

House Resolution 187 Passed the House on April 13 - it's not perfect, but provides clear direction to DLNR
Adopted as amended in (HD 1) with none voting no and Carroll, Marumoto, Nakasone, Takamine excused.
The adopted resolution (804KB)

A Resolution Providing a Full Background on the Koke'e Recreation Residence Leases (372K)

Koke'e Lease Auction Revisited - Article in the Garden Island, 26 March 2006 (149K)

The February 2006 Galloping News (452K)

Koke'e leases to be auctioned 2/17/06
Members of the state Board of Land and Natural Resources have approved an auction for 103 recreational cabins in Koke'e State Park despite efforts by long-time cabin owners to keep their leases through direct negotiations with the state agency.

Minutes of the February 10, 2006 Land Board Meeting

Leaseholders ask DLNR to make the AG's "confidential and privileged" opinion regarding the Koke'e cabins public

Transcript of the February 10, 2006 Land Board Meeting regarding the Koke'e Leases

Governor and Lt. Governor Commend Koke'e Leaseholders
In a ceremony at Washington Place on Tuesday, November 29, Lieutenant Governor Aiona commended the Koke'e Leaseholders Association for their "strong sense of place and malama i ka 'aina o Kaua'i" for more than 80 years and our "outstanding contributions to the people of the State of Hawai'i."

Minutes of the Land Board Meeting on September 9, 2005 [extract]

Sept. 9, 2005: Land Board decides the future of the cabins...

The Land Board voted on this proposal on Friday, Sept. 9. Here are the submittals:

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This site is presented by the Koke'e Leaseholders Association to facilitate discussion of the Koke'e Master Plan. The Master Plan is intended to guide the future of the Koke'e and Waimea Canyon State Parks for the next twenty years .... and to quote a Latin proverb,

"The absent one will not be the heir ..."
or, in other words,
"Speak Now, or Forever Hold Your Tongue."

Join us in guiding the future of the most beautiful parks in Hawaii!