One of the only preserved natural wetlands in Hawaii can be found just off the North Kihei Road by Maalaea Bay.
The Kealia Pond National Wildlife Refuge was founded in 1992, covering 700 acres where Maui’s central valley meets the coast.
The wetlands provide a vital, often seasonal, habitat for endangered water birds and waterfowl like the Hawaiian stilt and Hawaiian coot in particular, but also the Hawaiian duck, black-crowned night heron, Pacific plover, wanderi
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