Zond Pacific installed a series of six anemometers in the area to collect and study wind data.

More than 24,000 native plants were eventually restored, comprising species such as Dodonaea viscosa (aʻaliʻi), Metrosideros polymorpha (ʻŌhiʻa lehua), Bidens micrantha (koʻokoʻolau), Wikstroemia oahuensis (ʻakia), and Heteropogon contortus (pili).

[11] The habitat also includes Sida fallax (ʻilima), Sophora chrysophylla (māmane), Lycopodiella cernua (wāwaeʻiole), and two invasive species, Leucaena leucocephala (koa haole) and Cenchrus ciliaris.

[12] In September 2015, SunEdison discovered that the turbines were killing more hoary bats than had been predicted in the initial ecological review.

[13] They petitioned the Endangered Species Recovery Committee for permission to increase the number of bats that can die in the lifespan of the turbines from 14 to 80.