Kanahā Pond State Wildlife Sanctuary (KPSWS) is a 208-acre wetland in Kahului on the island of Maui, Hawaiʻi.
Today, KPSWS is a flood control basin and wildlife sanctuary that has been highly modified from its original state as a fully functioning wetland.
[5][4] In the early 1900s, during the construction of the nearby Kahului Harbor, half of the Kanahā fishpond was filled with rubble and dredged materials, which greatly altered the pond.
[2][5] During World War II, the military took control of the pond and surrounding areas, building a Naval air station, roads, bunkers, and a drainage outlet.
As of January 2024, the DLNR hired Pono Pacific Management to build a 14,785 foot-long predator-exclusion fence around KPSWS to prevent predators and harmful species, like cats, dogs, pigs, rats, and deer from entering the sanctuary.