Hawaiʻi Koa Forest

The Hawaiʻi Koa Forest, located north of Hilo, is an incredible opportunity to protect over 13,000 acres that will enhance opportunities for public recreation, hunting, hiking, cultural access, and education. People will be able to enjoy the scenic beauty of its waterfalls, streams, and pools, while listening for and perhaps spotting native forest and water birds that feed and nest in the forest. Native birds such as the federally listed as “threatened” Hawaiian hawk, the endangered Hawaiian duck and Hawaiian coot, as well as Hawaii’s only native mammal, the endangered Hawaiian hoary bat, nest and/or feed on the property. With the largest remaining stand of old growth koa on privately owned land in Hawaiʻi, traversing the Hawaiʻi Koa Forest, whether for hiking or hunting, will be an adventurous trip back in time when majestic koa dominated the island landscape over an understory of native plants and providing food sources and nesting habitat for native bird species.