Share Your Voice: Give Input on Plans, Policies, & Meetings

Comment Share Your Voice

Forestry & Wildlife encourages residents and forest users to share their thoughts and expertise with the division or other agencies related to our area of work. The table below provides information on currently available draft documents and surveys open for comment. You can jump lower on this page for information on how to attend a public meeting of a committee, commission, or council, or to send us a general comment.

Comment on Draft Plans, Policies, & Documents

The table below provides input opportunities currently open for draft documents, including draft management plans, administrative rules, compliance documents (e.g., draft Environmental Assessments or Impact Statements), or surveys.

Document / Webpage	Document Type	Address to submit comments	Deadline
Visit the Program Plan webpage to read the plan & for more details	Draft Program Plan	Email your comments to [email protected] A virtual presentation will be provided on May 27, 4-5:30pm. Click here to RSVP for the presentation.	July 31, 2026
We are proposing amendments to Chapter 13-124, Hawaiʻi Administrative Rules, relating to wildlife. The following documents describe the upcoming public hearing and proposed amendments: Legal Notice for Public Hearing: Notice of Proposed Amendments to Hawaiʻi Administrative Rules Chapter 13-124, Rules for Indigenous Wildlife, Endangered and Threatened Wildlife, Injurious Wildlife, Introduced Wild Birds, and Introduced Wildlife Pursuant to Hawaiʻi Revised Statutes Chapter 91 Proposed Amendments: Proposed Administrative Rule Changes to Chapter 13-124, Hawaiʻi Administrative Rules. This PDF document is written in Ramseyer format, with content that is proposed to be added underlined, and content that is proposed to be removed ~~stricken through~~. Visit our Rules page to see the current HAR 13-124 chapter. Frequently Asked Questions document: Frequently Asked Questions on the Proposed Amendments to HAR Ch 13-124	Legal Notice for Proposed Amendments for Administrative Rules Proposed Amendments to Administrative Rules Frequently Asked Questions document describing proposed amendments	1) Online Testimony A survey regarding the proposed amendments is available at https://forms.gle/UPzNWUNuPDDQNXu99. Written testimony may be submitted at the end of this form. To provide online testimony at the virtual public hearing on August 13, 2026, from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm, you will need either a computer with internet access, a video camera, and a microphone, or a telephone. If you wish to testify online, you must register using the registration link at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/02p978kTTvGtfvZjon6fKg Please note that all fields are required to register to testify. After you submit the online registration form, a confirmation email will be sent to you with instructions, the meeting link, and the call-in number. If you do not receive an email with a Zoom link, please email [email protected] . We request that you register to testify at least one hour before the hearing to ensure you receive the Zoom link on time. If you are unable to access the Zoom hearing, you may still provide written testimony as described below. 2) In-person Testimony Persons wishing to testify in person may present live testimony at 1151 Punchbowl Street, Room 132 (Kalanimoku Building), Honolulu, HI, 96813, on August 13, 2026, 11 A.M. to 1 P.M. 3) Written Testimony The deadline to submit written testimony is Wednesday, August 26, 2026. Written testimony may be submitted via the survey above (which includes an upload link for documents at the end of the survey), or mailed to this address: Department of Land and Natural Resources Division of Forestry & Wildlife, Wildlife Program 1151 Punchbowl St, Room 325, Honolulu, HI, 96813 Persons wishing to watch a livestream of the August 13 public hearing (but who do not wish to provide oral testimony) may watch on YouTube at https://youtube.com/live/jVU7CRQqwIM. If you experience difficulties with this direct link, the livestream should be available on our YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/@hiforestry).	August 13, 2026, 11 A.M-1 P.M. for oral testimony (see Legal Notice). August 26, 2026 for written testimony.
Additional Protection in the Alakaʻi Wilderness Preserve	Information & Input Survey	Read through the informational StoryMap about the proposed protective fence in the Alakaʻi Wilderness Preserve, and locate the online survey near the bottom to provide input.	None
Pālamanui Dryland Forest Project	Information & invitation to participate in planning	Public meetings will begin in September 2025. Provide your email address on the project website to stay informed of meetings and future opportunities to submit comments on plan drafts.	None
Request for Consultation on Adverse Effect to Historic Properties, NHPA Section 106 Consultation for DOFAW Makiki Baseyard Project; Makiki Ahupua‘a, Honolulu (Kona) District, Island of O‘ahu, TMK (1) 2-5-019:008 por.	Update to an earlier Section 106 Consultation	None; this document provides a status update to an earlier request for consultation.	None
Puna Trail Survey	Input Survey for Stakeholder Action Plan	Have you ever been on the Puna Trail? Take the survey below to share your manaʻo and help Nā Ala Hele as they develop a Stakeholder Action Plan. https://linktr.ee/puna.trail	None
	Early consultation opportunity for potential biocontrol projects targeting multiple invasive species	Online at: https://dlnr.hawaii.gov/hisc/info/biocontrol/contact-us/	None

Users may want to explore our current administrative rules, or find more compliance documents at the website of the Environmental Review Program (formerly known as the Office of Environmental Quality Control) at the State Planning Office. If you don’t see something you are looking for, check out our announcements page or contact us.

Attend a Public Meeting of a Committee, Commission, or Council

Forestry & Wildlife manages committees, commissions, and councils related to our work. These groups hold meetings where input can be provided. Meetings of groups subject to Sunshine Law are posted ahead of time on the State Calendar. For meetings documents, visit the respective pages for the following committees, commissions, or councils.

Forest Stewardship Advisory Committee
Natural Area Reserves Commission
Endangered Species Recovery Committee
Game Management Advisory Commission
Legacy Land Conservation Commission
Hawaiʻi Invasive Species Council
Nā Ala Hele Advisory Councils: Statewide, Kauaʻi, Oʻahu, Maui Nui (Molokaʻi, Lānaʻi, & Maui), and Hawaiʻi Island

You can find additional boards and commissions on the DLNR website.

A meeting of the Hawaiʻi Invasive Species Council

A public meeting of the Hawaiʻi Invasive Species Council

Send us a general comment or contact us directly

You can send us a note through the general form below. The form below will send your comment to our outreach staff. If you’d rather contact us directly, check our Contact Us page for phone and fax numbers, email addresses, directions to offices, and hotline numbers.

Note that this box is for general comments. If you want to comment on a specific management plan, draft rule, or other documents, that information is in the table above.

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