The 100-acre Kalōpā State Park (“Recreation Area”) located at the 2000-ft boundary of PMKCA’s region, is a cool-elevation forest, made up of mostly native endemic or indigenous plants. The large lawn areas feature a statewide representation of Hibiscus. The 500 adjacent acres are designated a State Forest Reserve and include the Kalōpā Gulch Trail System and a planted forest of eucalyptus, silk oak, paperbark, ironwood, and tropical ash. While the park is under the management of Hawaii’s Dept. of Land & Natural Resources (DLNR) there are just two dedicated staff on site. PMKCA’s members consider Kalōpā Park to be a gem within our community and have taken a serious interest in the maintenance of the park. The Kalōpā Park Team has been authorized by DLNR to volunteer in the care and preservation of several areas within the park. The Kalōpā Park Team maintains the popular Nature Trail, which features about 25 native species of trees, shrubs, and vines. The team maintains the trail itself, removes weeds and invasive plants, and provides a brochure keyed to signs along the trail identifying the native plants, their Hawaiian names, and their significance. The team also maintains a Polynesian “Canoe Garden”, which demonstrates the introduced plants and trees that the original Polynesian voyagers brought with them from their home islands far to the west to sustain themselves in their new settlements.