12/09/21-STORM DAMAGE CAUSES CLOSURE OF GAME BIRD HUNTING AT PUʻU WAʻAWAʻA
Posted on Dec 9, 2021 in Forestry & Wildlife, Hunter Ed, Main, Media, Natural Area Reserves, News Releases, sliderNews Release
| DAVID Y. IGE GOVERNOR |
SUZANNE D. CASE
CHAIRPERSON |
For Immediate News Release: December 9, 2021
STORM DAMAGE CAUSES CLOSURE OF GAME BIRD HUNTING AT PUʻU WAʻAWAʻA
Hunting Unit F on Hawaiʻi Island will be closed this weekend, December 11-12
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(Kailua-Kona) – Due to storm damage from recent weather events, Hawaiʻi Island Hunting Unit F at Puʻu Waʻawaʻa will be closed to game bird hunting this upcoming weekend, December 11-12.
The DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife (DOFAW) will be removing fallen trees on a road used to access the unit. DOFAW anticipates reopening the unit for game bird hunting opportunities on the following weekend of December 18, 2021.
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For more information on Pu‘u Wa‘awa‘a:
https://dlnr.hawaii.gov/forestry/frs/reserves/hawaii-island/puuwaawaa/
Media Contact:
AJ McWhorter
Communications Specialist
Hawai’i Department of Land and Natural Resources
[email protected]
808-587-0396 (Communications Office)
https://dlnr.hawaii.gov/