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- 09/12/19-LEHUA ISLAND RESTORATION PROJECT NEARS TWO YEAR ANNIVERSARY(Lihue) – The population of Pacific Rats on tiny Lehua Island, off Kaua‘i’s west coast remains extremely low, two years after three applications of a rodenticide to clear them out of the State Seabird Sanctuary.
- 08/09/19-NEW TECHNOLOGY ON THE WAY TO CONTINUE MODERNIZATION AND HELP REDUCE LAND COURT RECORDS BACKLOG(Honolulu) – If you’ve sold or bought property or if you work in the real estate or title business, you’re familiar with the huge volume of legal documents required for property transactions. The Bureau of Conveyances has just awarded a $1.3 million-dollar contract to West Central Indexing to implement a highly specialized Land Records Management System to increase accuracy and improve efficiencies in recording these documents.
- 08/08/19-INTRODUCED TILAPIA INVADE NĀPALI COAST SHORELINE(Nāpali Coast State Wilderness Park) - Thousands of black-chin tilapia have invaded near-shore waters in the Nāpali Coast State Wilderness Park on Kaua‘i. Fishermen first reported seeing large schools of mostly juvenile tilapia over the past two weeks. Yesterday a team from the DLNR Divisions of Aquatic Resources (DAR) and Boating and Ocean Recreation (DOBOR) conducted in-water surveys at the Nu‘alolo Kai section of the park and confirmed the reports.
- 08/07/19-WAILUA “LOOP ROAD” CLOSED TO VEHICULAR TRAFFIC DURING ROAD REPAIRS(Lihu‘e) -- Last spring, the Wailua Management Road (aka.Loop Road), which leads to the Blue Hole in the Wailua area experienced severe damage due to heavy rains, falling trees and landslides. The conditions continue to deteriorate and are posing a public safety hazard.
- 08/02/19-THREE INFORMATIONAL MEETINGS SCHEDULED ON RECENT DETECTION OF RAPID ʻŌHIʻA DEATH ON MAUI(Kahului) – In July, one of two species of fungus causing Rapid ʻŌhiʻa Death (ROD) was detected for the first time on Maui, in the Hāna region. The response was quick, and the tree, which was in an ornamental setting, was destroyed. However, surveys for the disease are ongoing.
- 08/02/19-DLNR WORKING WITH NORTH SHORE HOMEOWNERS TO MANAGE BEACH EROSION(Honolulu) - This week, homeowners on O‘ahu’s northshore are conducting beach maintenance (sand pushing) to temporarily restore a beach berm adjacent to their properties. The DLNR coordinated authorization for the temporary erosion control effort to take place seaward of 20 properties at Pūpūkea Beach Park.
- 08/01/19-MAUNA KEA HUNTING UNITS REOPEN EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY(Honolulu) – State hunting units A, K, and G, in the Mauna Kea Forest Reserve and Natural Area Reserve, closed since July 15th will reopen today. The units were closed to protect public safety and provide security for the safe movement of heavy construction equipment associated with the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT).
- 07/31/19-MARINE BIOLOGISTS ON HAWAI‘I ISLAND EXPRESS CONCERN ABOUT RECENT SHARK FINNING INCIDENTS(Kailua-Kona) – Dramatic photographs of two oceanic whitetip sharks, lacking fins, along with photographs of a dead, three-and-a-half-foot long whitetip reef shark is raising concern among marine biologists on Hawai‘i Island.
- 07/31/19-RAPID ʻŌHIʻA DEATH NOW DETECTED ON FOUR ISLANDS(Honolulu) - One of the species of fungus causing Rapid ʻŌhiʻa Death (ROD) was recently detected for the first time on O`ahu. A team of natural resource managers from the O`ahu Invasive Species Committee (OISC) and the Ko’olau Mountain Watershed Partnership (KMWP) recently sampled a dead ʻōhiʻa tree on private land in a remote area in the Ko’olau Mountains above Pearl City.
- 07/30/19-STATE CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION COMMISSION ADOPTS RECOMMENDATION FOR IMPROVING DISASTER RECOVERY PREPAREDNESS(Honolulu) – During its July meeting the Hawai’i Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission (Climate Commission) and in advance of several tropical storms headed toward the state, the following new strategy was added to its five-point statement on sea level rise adaptation. The Climate Commission recognizes that disasters threaten resiliency.