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- 05/09/21-NINE HIKERS CITED FOR TRESPASS ON 22nd ANNIVERSARY OF MOTHER’S DAY TRAGEDY(HONOLULU) – Officers from the DLNR Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement (DOCARE) regularly patrol Sacred Falls State Park, though each Mother’s Day for the last 22-years, their efforts take on extra importance and meaning.
- 05/07/21-DAMSELFLIES IN LESS DISTRESS FOLLOWING REINTRODUCTION EFFORT AT DILLINGHAM(Dillingham Military Reservation, O‘ahu) – A small platoon of biologists and technicians walk across muddy ground, amidst, shoulder-high grass to reach the point of deployment. They will be releasing an air force of orange-black Hawaiian damselflies in the bed of a small, spring-fed stream, not far from Dillingham field. On O‘ahu currently there is only one wild population of the 2-inch-long, native damselfly, tucked in among the buildings of the Tripler Army Medical Center’s vast campus. Not exactly the ideal place to improve the lot of this species.
- 05/04/21-ACCESS GATES AT KEAWA‘ULA SECTION OF KA‘ENA STATE PARK REOPEN THIS WEEKEND(HONOLULU) – Entrance gates to the parking areas at the Keawa‘ula sections of Ka‘ena Point State Park on O‘ahu reopen this weekend, after being closed for more than a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This was the result of state and county emergency orders/rules aimed at limiting group sizes and ensuring social distancing.
- 05/03/21-FOUR MEN CITED AFTER COMMUNITY COMPLAINTS ABOUT EAST O‘AHU LAY NETS(HONOLULU) – Four Waipahu men were cited Sunday night after officers from the DLNR Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement (DOCARE) received multiple complaints from local fishermen and residents about a group of men laying net at Paiko Lagoon in east O ‘ahu’s Maunalua Bay.
- 04/30/21-MAKAPU’U LIGHTHOUSE TRAIL AND PARKING AREAS TO TEMPORARILY CLOSE NEXT WEEK(Honolulu) – Beginning on Tuesday May 4th for three consecutive days from 7:00am to 11:00am the entire Makapuʻu Lighthouse trail and parking areas at the Kaiwi State Scenic Shoreline will be closed for maintenance. Barricades and signs will be placed at the park entrance alerting park users not to enter. This closure is to protect people from flying debris during the maintenance process for the safety of park users.
- 04/26/21-MORE THAN 100 CITATIONS ISSUED DURING MONTH-LONG KEHENA BEACH OPERATION(Puna District, Hawai‘i Island) – State and county law enforcement officers issued more than 100 citations over the past four Sundays to people at Kehena Beach or who had parked along Highway 137 to reach the black-sand beach.
- 04/26/21-SAVING KIWIKIU — MAUI PARROTBILL ON THE BRINK(HONOLULU) – Kiwikiu (Maui parrotbill) is the most endangered native Hawaiian bird. The small yellow honeycreepers live only in high elevation forest on windward Haleakalā, Maui. With an estimated population of less than 150 individuals, it is at high risk of going extinct within a few years.
- 04/23/21-2021-22 HAWAI’I HUNTING STAMP CONTEST WINNERS ANNOUNCED(Honolulu) – Winners of the 2021-2022 Hawai‘i Wildlife Conservation and Game Bird Stamp Art Contest were announced this week by the DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife (DOFAW). DOFAW would like to thank all the wildlife artists that submitted entries for this year’s contest. A committee reviewed all submissions and two winners were chosen:
- 04/21/21-SUCCESS! LEHUA ISLAND IS RAT FREE(LĪHUʻE) – Just in time for Earth Day 2021, Lehua Island, the tiny, but mighty island off Kaua‘i’s west shore has been declared free of damaging, introduced (invasive) rats. After many dec-ades, the island is free of invasive vertebrates, enabling Hawaii’s seabirds to safely nest on the steep rocky shores, and native plants to flourish once again.
- 04/20/21-NON-LIFE THREATING APPARENT SHARK INCIDENT ON HAWAI‘I ISLAND(HONOLULU) – First responders, officers from the DLNR Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement (DOCARE) and personnel from the DLNR Division of Aquatic Resources are responding to a report of a non-fatal shark incident near the Kukio Resort Club House on Hawai‘i Island.