Welcome to savekokee.org, official website for
Kaua`i Community - One Voice for Kōke`e,
a community effort to sustain and protect Kōke`e and Waimea Canyon State Parks.
Kauai's Living Treasures speak out.
It is March 2009.
IMPORTANT PUBLIC MEETING-KŌKE`E ADVISORY COUNCIL AND DLNR!
SUBJECT: FINAL MASTER PLAN FOR KŌKE`E AND WAIMEA CANYON STATE PARKS
DATE: Thursday, April 2, 2009
TIME: 5:30 pm
LOCATION: Chiefess Kamakahelei Middle School Cafeteria
4431 Nuhou St., Lihue, Kauai
This meeting may be our last opportunity to be a voice for Kōke`e. The Kōke`e Advisory Council is intended to be the voice for the community.
The Council is being asked to give recommendations to the BLNR on the Master Plan which still contains virtually all of the proposals the community
has consistently objected to, including:
• An entry station with gate to collect entry fees and control park access, to be located immediately north of the junction of
Waimea Canyon Drive and Kōke`e Road near mile marker 6.9.
• The entry station will require (3) lanes of traffic, an elevated median strip, a support building (550 sq
ft including 150 sq ft for staff to "relax and be comfortable") with retaining wall and parking.
• The development of a new "lodge complex," at Kanaloahuluhulu Meadow, without defining or limiting the size and
scope of this potential hotel with additional parking.
• The development of a new "Park Visitor Service Center" at Kanaloahuluhulu Meadow.
• The possibility of replacing all of the existing buildings at the meadow without defining or limiting the size
and scope of the buildings.
• A permanent concession building at Waimea Canyon Lookout.
• Development of an unlimited number of lower elevation viewpoint turnouts.
• Development of new parking lots at trailheads (e.g. 45 vehicles at Discovery Center, 50 at Kaluapuhi Trail across
from Awa`awapuhi Trail) and expansion of Kalalau, Waimea Canyon and Pu`u Hinihina lookouts.
• Super-sized railings at lookouts, guardrails and along pathways.
• Increase fees to hunt, fish, and gather.
• The overall goal is to increase revenues to the DLNR for statewide projects, not limited to Kōke`e.
What will remain of our future wilderness experience?
SAVE KŌKE`E NOW
