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Kurt Kuali'i, father of Elijah Kuali'i and Arianna Kuali'i, stands with his fellow salt makers, Ivan Kaneko, Tanya Kaneko and their son Taivan Kaneko,...

Taivan Kaneko plays along the edges of the Hanapepe salt patch on Kauai Island as his parents wrap up their work at the salt beds on Thursday, July 13...

Salt begins to form in one of many salt beds in the Hanapepe salt patch on Friday, July 14, 2023, in Hanapepe, Hawaii. This Native Hawaiian salt has b...

Kane Turalde digs dark, wet clay into buckets to rebuild his family's salt beds at the Hanapepe salt patch on Friday, July 14, 2023, in Hanapepe, Hawa...

Kane Turalde reaches into a salt bed to examine the salt crystals on Friday, July 14, 2023, in Hanapepe, Hawaii. Climate change, air pollution and lit...

Children play at the Salt Pond Beach Park adjacent to the Hanapepe salt patch on Friday, July 14, 2023, in Hanapepe, Hawaii. Climate change, air pollu...

Kekanemekala Taniguchi, son of Tina Taniguchi, smooths wet black clay onto the wall of a salt bed in the Hanapepe salt patch on Wednesday, July 12, 20...

Salt begins to form in one of the dozens of salt beds in the Hanapepe salt patch on Kauai Island on Wednesday, July 12, 2023, in Hanapepe, Hawaii. Thi...

From left, siblings Kekanemekala Taniguchi Butler, Pi'ilani Taniguchi Butler, and Anali'a Taniguchi Butler use dark, wet clay to reconstruct salt beds...

A sign and large boulders mark the edge of the Hanapepe salt patch near Salt Pond Beach Park on Wednesday, July 12, 2023, in Hanapepe, Hawaii. Over th...

Pi'ilani Taniguchi Butler carries a bucket of wet clay to her family's salt beds on Wednesday, July 12, 2023, in Hanapepe, Hawaii. The salt beds or "l...

An arial view of the Hanapepe salt patch on the island of Kauai on Tuesday, July 11, 2023, in Hanapepe, Hawaii. The existence of this salt patch is be...

An arial view of the Hanapepe salt patch near Salt Pond Beach Park on Tuesday, July 11, 2023, in Hanapepe, Hawaii. The existence of this salt patch is...

Monk seals appear in the water at Salt Pond Beach Park in Hanapepe, Hawaii, on Tuesday, July 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)

A rainbow appears over Salt Pond Beach Park in Hanapepe, Hawaii, on Tuesday, July 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)

Roz Choi, left, and friend Eddie Topenio, tend to Choi's family salt beds on Sunday, July 9, 2023, in Hanapepe, Hawaii. The Choi family is one of 22 w...

Tina Taniguchi prepares one of her family's many salt beds by rubbing it with a smooth river rock on Monday, July 10, 2023, in Hanapepe, Hawaii. Tanig...

Kanani Santos stands for a portrait near his family's salt beds used in making Native Hawaiian salt on Sunday, July 9, 2023, in Hanapepe, Hawaii. (AP...

Salt water evaporates in the mid-summer sun leaving behind layers of salt crystals at the Hanapepe salt patch on Sunday, July 9, 2023, in Hanapepe, Ha...

Sonia Topenio stands for a portrait, her legs covered in mud after working in the Hanapepe salt patch on Sunday, July 9, 2023, in Hanapepe, Hawaii. (A...

From left, Eddie Topenio, his wife, Sonia Topenio, Roz Choi, and Kanani Santos share a meal after working in the Hanapepe salt patch on Sunday, July 9...

Salt makers gather for a meal after working in the Hanapepe salt patch on Sunday, July 9, 2023, in Hanapepe, Hawaii. 22 Native Hawaiian families work...

Salt makers gather for a meal after working in the Hanapepe salt patch on Sunday, July 9, 2023, in Hanapepe, Hawaii. 22 Native Hawaiian families work...

Native Hawaiian salt from years past lay dried in the Hanapepe salt patch on Monday July 10, 2023, in Hanapepe, Hawaii. The existence of this salt pat...

Malia Nobrega-Olivera shows a photo of her grandparents making Hawaiian salt, or "paakai," while sitting at Salt Pond Beach Park in Hanapepe, Hawaii o...

Malia Nobrega-Olivera, a Native Hawaiian salt maker, holds Hawaiian salt, or "paakai," on Monday, July 10, 2023, in Hanapepe, Hawaii. An important par...