{"version":"2.6","id":"kailua-historical-preservation","question":"What efforts are being made to preserve Kailua's history?","answer":"Ulupō Heiau was restored and listed, Kawainui is protected, and a local society records history.","answer_detail":"Ulupō Heiau was partly restored in the early 1960s, marked with a State plaque in 1962 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. Kawainui Marsh became a Ramsar wetland in 2005, and most of it is a state wildlife refuge. Nonprofit groups restore areas of the old fishpond using traditional practices. The Kailua Historical Society, founded in 2001, collects oral histories and published the book Kailua: In the Wisps of the Malanai Breeze.","related_ids":[],"last_verified":"2026-10-24","authority":"https://hawaiikailuabeachpark.com","url":"https://hawaiikailuabeachpark.com/en/knowledge/kailua-historical-preservation","markdown_url":"https://hawaiikailuabeachpark.com/api/knowledge/kailua-historical-preservation?format=md&lang=en"}