FOLKS THAT I WENT TO KEOKI'S.
AND WE'LL TALK LATER IN THE
WEEK.
Trini: HEARD ABOUT THAT.
WELCOME BACK.
IT'S KAUAI WEEK.
WE HAVE A CHANCE TO CHECK OUT
SOME OF OUR BUCKET LIST ITEMS.
John: HOW ABOUT A PLACE
OVERLOOKING A HUMPBACK WHALE
SANCTUARY OR 360 VIEW OF THE
SHORELINE.
ALL KIND AT THE KILAUEA
LIGHTHOUSE AND WILDLIFE REFUGE.
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KILAUEA POINT LIGHTHOUSE PART
OF A COMPLEX THAT SEES CLOSE TO
HALF A MILLION VISITORS A YEAR.
YOU WORK HERE.
WHAT IS YOUR TITLE?
I'M A VISITOR SERVICES
YOU SEE AT LOT OF VISITORS.
WE DO.
John: WHAT IS THE DIFFERS
BETWEEN A WILDLIFE REFUGE AND A
NATIONAL PARK?
THE WILDLIFE REFUGE OPERATES
UNDER U.S. FISH FISH AND WILDLIFE
DIFFERENT NATIONAL WILDLIFE
REFUGES THAT MAKE UP THE KAUAI
COMPLEX.
KILLER KI -- KILAUEA POINT IS
PROBABLY THE MOST WELL KNOWN.
IT'S PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE AND
IT'S WHERE THE LIGHTHOUSE IS.
John: WE'RE AT THE
LIGHTHOUSE.
IT IS WELL VISITED.
WHAT ELSE IS HERE?
THERE ARE OTHER THINGS STRIKES
SOME OF THE PROJECTS INCLUDE A
PARTNERSHIP WITH A NUMBER OF
OTHER FOLKS.
KAUAI SEA BIRD RECOVERY GROUP.
AMERICAN BIRD CONSERVANCY.
WE'RE BRINGING IN BIRDS.
BECAUSE OF POPULATION DECLINES
DUE TO PREDATORS LIKE PI PICS --
PIGS RATS, FERRELL CATS.
THEIR POPULATION DECLINED.
THIS IS THE HOPE FOR
CONTINUATION OF THE SPECIES.
John: LOTS OF NENE HERE AT
THE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.
WHAT'S THE STORY BEHIND ALL THE
NENE HERE?
ACTUALLY, IT'S KILAUEA POINT
WAS THE SITE FOR THE
REINTRODUCTION OF NENE ON KAUAI.
WE ARE THE SOURCE OF A LOT OF
THE NORTH SHORE NENE.
ON KAUAI, WE ARE DON'T HAVE ANY
ESTABLISHED POPULATION OF
MONGOOSE.
ANY GROUND NESTING BIRDS DO
REALLY WELL HERE.
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John: THIS IS AN ONGOING
THING.
THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT
PROBABLY NEEDS TO BE DONE HERE
WITH BUILDINGS AND TAKING CARE
OF THE PLACE.
WHAT IS BEING DONE HERE IS THIS.
SO WE CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN
HABITATS FOR THE NATIVE BIRDS.
SEABIRDS AND KILAUEA POINT IS
KNOWN FOR THE SEA BIRDS.
WE MAINTAIN HABITAT FOR THEM.
MAINTAIN THE FENCES THAT KEEP
OUT THE MAMMALS.
CONDUCT PREDATOR CONTROL.
WE DO MONITORING OF SOME OF THE
OTHER SEABIRD SPECIES THAT LIVE
HERE AND MAKE THIS THEIR HOME.
ALBATROSS.
THEY COME AND DON'T NECESSARILY
NEST HERE BUT THEY ROOST HERE.
John: THE VIEW IS SO
BEAUTIFUL.
IT'S FOR WHALE WATCHERS.
EXACTLY.
RIGHT OFF THE POINT IS THE
HUMPBACK WHALE MARINE SANK
RARE -- SAN RARELY.
WE'RE IN IT NOW.
RECENTLY I HEARD WE SIGHTED OUR
FIRST COUPLE WHALES OVER THE
VISITORS.
WHAT IS ONE THING YOU WANT
VISITORS TO KNOW?
WE'RE A NATIONAL WILDLIFE
REFUGE.
WE'RE HERE TO PROTECT THIS AREA
FOR WILDLIFE SPECIES.
AND FOR THE PEOPLE TO COME ANDEN
AND -- ENJOY IT.
John: THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
John: A BEAUTIFUL PLACE.
IMPORTANT TO HAVE THESE PLACES
THAT PROTECT THESE ENDANGERED
MOVE OUT OF THE WAY FOR YOU.
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU GO SLOW.
Trini: THEY'RE SO USED TO
BEING SAFE.
WE'RE USED TO BIRDS RUNNING
AWAY.