Kahoolawe
Kahoolawe is the smallest island of Hawaii. Kahoolawe island is considered as a place of great spiritual power. It is more than 1000 years old island. Kanaloa is another name of Kahoolawe island that shows some relationship with the sea. Kahoolawe island is 11 miles long and covers about 45 miles of area.
Now a days KIRC manages the cultural reserve of Kahoolawe. KIRC(Kahoolawe Island Reserve Commission) also manages access to the island. According to this there are no commercial activities are allowed within 4 kms of the shore and this area is said to be Kahoolawe Island Reserve.
Earlier Kahoolawe was in completlly under control of US Navy and they used to hide thier explosive here. It is also said that today still US Navy has not removed the explosive. Only 25% of the explosive is being removed whereas 75% is still there. So it is advised that this place is still risky.
Due to the ranching and military activities there seems to be very liitle couldy days which makes the island dry. The under water is also been poluted due the blasts and other explosive materials. Earlier the island was green but due to the excess of goats, the vegitation was completlly damaged. Due the heavy winds out there makes a lot of soil erosion. Here also KIRC is trying to restore vegetation, cleaning the mess, and controling the soil erosion and its productivity. Also tehy are trying to remove the grazing animals so that vegitation can be increased. Although this is very long process and take much time but steadlly and slowly it is restoring. This makes the island conatins less visitors. Also visit is limited here and requires the special permit for visit.