Editing Hawaii (section)

===Protected areas===

[[File:Na Pali Coast, Kauai, Hawaii.jpg|thumb|left|[[Nā Pali Coast State Park]], Kauaʻi]]

Several areas in Hawai{{okina}}i are under the [[National Park Service]]'s protection.<ref>{{cite web | title = Hawaii | publisher = National Park Service | access-date = July 15, 2008 | url = http://www.nps.gov/state/HI | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080703061043/http://www.nps.gov/state/hi/ | archive-date = July 3, 2008 | url-status = live }}</ref> Hawaii has two national parks: [[Haleakalā National Park]], near [[Kula, Hawaii|Kula]] on Maui, which features the dormant volcano Haleakalā that formed east Maui; and [[Hawaii Volcanoes National Park]], in the southeast region of Hawai{{okina}}i Island, which includes the active volcano Kīlauea and its rift zones.

There are three [[national historical park]]s: [[Kalaupapa National Historical Park]] in Kalaupapa, Moloka{{okina}}i, the site of a former leper colony; [[Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park|Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historical Park]] in [[Kailua, Hawaii County, Hawaii|Kailua-Kona]] on Hawai{{okina}}i Island; and [[Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park|Pu{{okina}}uhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park]], an ancient place of refuge on Hawai{{okina}}i Island's west coast. Other areas under the National Park Service's control include [[Ala Kahakai National Historic Trail]] on Hawai{{okina}}i Island and the [[USS Arizona Memorial|USS ''Arizona'' Memorial]] at [[Pearl Harbor]] on O{{okina}}ahu.

President [[George W. Bush]] proclaimed the [[Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument]] on June 15, 2006. The monument covers roughly {{convert|140000|mi2|km2}} of reefs, atolls, and shallow and deep sea out to {{convert|50|mi|km|-1}} offshore in the Pacific Ocean—an area larger than all the national parks in the U.S. combined.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pewtrusts.org/ideas/ideas_item.cfm?content_item_id=3417&content_type_id=15&issue_name=Protecting%20ocean%20life&issue=16&page=15&name=Op-eds%20%28Pew%29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060930183659/http://www.pewtrusts.org/ideas/ideas_item.cfm?content_item_id=3417&content_type_id=15&issue_name=Protecting%20ocean%20life&issue=16&page=15&name=Op-eds%20%28Pew%29 |archive-date=September 30, 2006 |title=Treasure Islands |author=Joshua Reichert and [[Theodore Roosevelt IV]] |date=June 15, 2006 |url-status=dead }}</ref>