Huleia National Wildlife Refuge

{{Short description|Wetlands in Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi, U.S.}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2023}}

{{Infobox protected area

| name = Hulē{{okina}}ia National Wildlife Refuge

| iucn_category = IV

| map = USA Hawaii

| map_caption = Map of Hawaii

| map_width = 300

| photo = Hawaiian Moorhen - Huleia NWR.jpg

| photo_caption = Hawaiian gallinule - Huleia NWR.

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| location = Kaua{{okina}}i, Hawai{{okina}}i, United States

| nearest_city = Lihue, Hawaii

| coordinates = {{coords|21|56|59|N|159|23|15|W|region:US-HI|display=inline, title}}

| area = {{convert|241|acre|km2|abbr=on}}

| established = 1973

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| visitation_year =

| governing_body = U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

| website = [http://www.fws.gov/refuge/huleia/ Huleia National Wildlife Refuge]

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The Hulē{{okina}}ia National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge on the island of Kaua{{okina}}i in Hawai{{okina}}i. It is adjacent to the Menehune Fish Pond, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, on the southeast side of the island. The Hulē{{okina}}ia Refuge is approximately {{convert|241|acre|ha|abbr=on}} of bottomlands and wooded slopes along the Hulē{{okina}}ia River. It was established in 1973 to provide open, productive wetlands as nesting and feeding habitat for endangered Hawaiian waterbirds, including the āe{{okina}}o (Hawaiian stilt, Himantopus mexicanus knudseni), {{okina}}alae kea (Hawaiian coot, Fulica alai), {{okina}}alae {{okina}}ula (Hawaiian gallinule, Gallinula chloropus sandvicensis), and koloa maoli (Hawaiian duck, Anas wyvilliana) can be found here.[http://www.fws.gov/refuges/profiles/index.cfm?id=41623 Profile of Huleia National Wildlife Refuge]

To protect and minimize disturbance to the sensitive endangered species that live there, the refuge is closed to all public access. However, shoreline access is provided just to the east at Niumalu Beach Park.{{cite book |author=John R. K. Clark |title=Beaches of Kaua'i and Ni'ihau |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T4Nff4mz8jgC&pg=PA2 |date=April 1990 |publisher=University of Hawaii Press|isbn=978-0-8248-1260-7 |page=2}}