Kealia pond national wild life refuge is a place for native animals and plants like the Hawaiian stilt Ae'o and the Hawaiian coot Alae Ke'oke'o and other birds and animals not for invasive species like California bulrush. The bul rush kills all the native plants by taking all the sun light and taking all the space. So bards can’t nest in the bulrush. It is one of the few natural wetlands remaining in the Hawaiian Islands. Located along the south central coast of the island of Maui between the towns of Kihei and Ma'alaea, this is a 691-acre wetland.