Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I tohua te rohe oneone i muri i te takutai o Makalawena hei National Natural Landmark i te tau 1972. E mōhiotia ana te oneone ki te ingoa o Ōpaeula Pond (Hawaiian for "red shrimp") ā, koia te wāhi o tētahi kāinga ika iti i whakangaromia i te
Ko te tsunami i te tau 1946. Ko nga whenua oneone o Hawaii tetahi o nga waahi nohoanga whakamutunga o te "āeo" (Hawaiian stilt, "Himantopus mexicanus knudseni"), te "alae keokeo" (Hawaiian coot, "Fulica alai"), me te rohe whakatipu anake e mohiotia ana mo te "aukuu" (whero-karauna po, "Nycticorax nycticorax hoactli") i Hawaii. Ko te roto kei te waahi o te rohe motuhake i waenga i nga waahanga e rua o te papa whenua.