County nearing purchase of Waikapuna
(World News USA)

The county is poised to acquire a large Ka‘u tract that one official calls the “poster child” of lands purchased for preservation. The County Council is scheduled Wednesday to authorize administration to negotiate purchase of or conservation easements on a 2,013 acre tract makai of Naalehu that includes the historic fishing village of Waikapuna. The action, in Resolution 650, will end a developer’s plans to create 22 lots on the property. The oceanfront parcel is to be acquired through a partnership between the county, the nonprofit Trust for Public Land and Ala Kahakai National Historic Trail with...