The 16th annual open house at the Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge on the Big Island will be tomorrow.

Residents and visitors are invited to hike through the Pua 'Akala Tract, which has a high-elevation rain forest, native birds such as 'i'iwi and 'elepaio, and endangered species such as the Hawai'i creeper and Hawai'i 'akepa. A historic 115-year-old koa cabin also will be open for viewing.

Visitors will be met by refuge staff and tour leaders at the Pua 'Akala Barn between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. Rainforest hikes led by biologists and other staff will be offered, with information available on cultural resource protection, weed control projects, tree-planting efforts and the University of Hawai'i's field station.

The refuge consists of 32,730 acres on the windward slope of Mauna Kea and 5,300 acres of forest on the leeward slope of Mauna Loa.

For reservations, call the refuge office in Hilo at 443-2300.

WAI'ANAE MAN CAUGHT IN STING

Honolulu police were holding a 32-year-old Wai'anae man last night on suspicion of first-degree electronic enticement of a minor, a felony.

Undercover officers with the Honolulu Police Department arrested the man in a sting operation at around 6 p.m. Wednesday "after he showed up at an agreed upon meeting place to have sex with a 14-year-old female he met on the Internet," an HPD criminal investigation division report said.

But the "teen" turned out to be an undercover police officer.

The man was arrested at Ala Moana Center and taken to the cellblock at the main police station on Beretania Street.

The suspect is expected to be charged with the crime by today, police said.