Save Keauhou Bay
The Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Keauhou Bay
comment period closed on August 8, 2024.
Mahalo to everyone who cried AUWE! against this intent to desecrate sacred land for tourism
and development!
The draft EIS document can be downloaded here (scroll down, three parts).
Visit the Save Keauhou Bay website.
Visit the Big Island Support website.
Keauhou Bay is historical sacred land,
birthplace of Kauikeaouli, who became King Kamehameha III.
It's possibly the last untouched historical area that has not been seriously developed.
It's also a quiet residential and small commercial area, shared with a local canoe club that paddles daily, local volleyball groups that play there daily, and families who fish daily and BBQ every weekend.
Locals hold baptisms and funeral services, kids enjoy swimming, and visitors are welcomed
to enjoy paddle boarding and kayaking without a crowd.
The beach is just over the size of the one volleyball court, with a smaller grass park on the other side.
It doesn't have a crowded feel and it's not big enough to become a resort area.
But lovely Keauhou Bay doesn't generate enough money
for the Kamehameha Schools Bishop Estate ("KBSE" or "KS"),
which reported an endowment of over $14 billion in 2021.
KSBE is planning to build up this area and put in 150 resort-style 1,800 sf "bungalows"
and exclusive commercial activities.
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They admit:
Current and traditional activities of locals and families will be displaced.
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Here's a typical day at Keauhou Bay:
AUWE! Here's what KSBE wants to do:
Visit the Save Keauhou Bay website.
Visit the Big Island Support website.