Hawaiian Islands Land Trust Hawaiian Islands Land Trust The Hawaiian Islands Land Trust (HILT) is a non-profit organization established in Hawaii to “protect the lands that sustain us for current and future generations". The organization works with landowners to protect important areas by restricting commercial or other development. This protection is provided either by the landowner accepting a conservation easement on the land or by selling the land to HILT. In January 2011, HILT was formed from the merger of the Kauai Public Land Trust, the Oahu Land Trust, the Maui Coastal Land Trust, and the Hawaii Island Land Trust. HILT protects multiple properties
Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary Take Tomson, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Athline Clark, U.S. Coast Guard: Eric Roberts and Charter Tschirgi, U.S. Navy: Janice Fukawa, Western Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Council (voting): Eric King Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary The Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary is one of the world's most important whale habitats, hosting thousands of humpbacks ("Megaptera novaeangliae") each winter. The sanctuary encompasses in the islands' waters. It was designated by United States Congress on November 4, 1992, as a National Marine Sanctuary to protect the endangered North Pacific humpback whale and its habitat The sanctuary promotes management,