Kōkeʻe and Waimea Canyon State Parks on Kauaʻi, Hawaii Reopened at 6 a.m. on November 7: Repairs Follow Hurricane Lowell's September 7 Hit, About Half the Histo
LĪHUʻE, Kauaʻi, Hawaii — The Hawaiʻi Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) announced on November 8 that Kōkeʻe and Waimea Canyon State Parks, in Kauaʻi's central uplands, reopened at 6 a.m. on Saturday, November 7. All state parks, lookouts and comfort stations between the Waimea Canyon lookout and Pihea are now open.
According to DLNR, reduced services should be expected: popular visitor amenities such as the Kōkeʻe Lodge Restaurant and the Kōkeʻe Museum will not reopen until next week at the earliest. Trails now open include the Nuʻalolo Trail, the Awaʻawapuhi Trail (open to the first mile marker), the Waimea Canyon Trail, the Iliau Nature Loop and the Pihea Trail. The Division of State Parks is resuming planned upgrades to the Kōkeʻe campground, which will remain closed, and certain forestry lands, hunting units and campgrounds remain closed, as listed in the department's release.
The parks were battered on September 7 by Hurricane Lowell, which left roads blocked, power poles snapped, power lines down and the parks' water system inoperable. DLNR estimates that about 50 percent of the historic recreational cabins were damaged, ranging from moderate impacts to complete loss, and public facilities such as the 1930s Civilian Conservation Corps camp in Kōkeʻe State Park also suffered significant damage. State Parks Administrator Alan Carpenter said the devastation to the forest landscape and the parks was shocking to see, and that staff worked from dawn to dusk freeing trapped tenants and visitors and reopening roads so contractors could follow up with major repairs to the electrical grid.
来源链接：夏威夷州土地与自然资源部发布（经 EIN Presswire 刊载，einpresswire.com）： https://www.einpresswire.com/article/955510553/11-8-26-k-ke-e-and-waimea-canyon-state-parks-reopen-on-saturday-november-7
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Source: Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources
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Photo: 夏威夷考艾岛威美亚峡谷（资料图）。（Wikimedia Commons）|Waimea Canyon on Kauai, Hawaii (file photo). (Wikimedia Commons)
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