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- 06/08/22 – HAWAI‘I OCEAN PROTECTION RECEIVES BOOST ON WORLD OCEANS DAY(Kewalo Basin, O‘ahu) – On this 30th anniversary of the international World Oceans Day, Governor David Ige signed four measures into law related to protection of aquatic resources.
- 06/08/22 – MOSQUITO CONTROL TO SAVE HAWAIIAN HONEYCREEPERS DOES NOT INVOLVE GMOS(HONOLULU) – Despite misinformation circulating on social media, the importation of “incompatible-male” mosquitoes to control populations of wild mosquitoes and to save four native bird species from extinction, does not involve the use of any genetically modified organisms (GMOs) or genetically engineered (GE) organisms.
- 06/07/22 – DROUGHT AND WILDFIRE CONDITIONS ALL AROUND US AND EXPECTED TO WORSEN(HONOLULU) – If you go back and listen to the sound of a small wildfire just last week, you hear how tinder dry the forest is. Snap, crackle, pop. If you listen to radio and television announcements, we’re all being asked to conserve water. The link between drought conditions and wildfire in Hawai‘i is already in full play and conditions this summer are expected to worsen.
- 06/03/22 – FIRST OFF-GRID BIODIESEL FUELING STATION OPENS AT HAWAI‘I SMALL BOAT HARBOR(Ma‘alaea) – The first of six mobile biodiesel fueling stations in Hawai‘i opened this morning at Ma‘alaea Small Boat Harbor on Maui. Pacific Biodiesel installed and will operate the off-grid fueling station at the busy harbor.
- 06/02/22 – NO MORE SWINGING FOR TRESPASSERS AT SACRED FALLS(Hau‘ula, O‘ahu) – For more than two decades, Sacred Falls State Park has been closed, as the result of a 1999 rockfall that injured scores of people and killed eight. Yet, largely fueled by social and travel media postings, people regularly trespass into the area.
- 06/02/22 – DOFAW FIREFIGHTERS WORKING TO EXTINGUISH SMALL WILDLAND FIRE ON O‘AHU (HONOLULU) – A small wildfire in the Kuaokalā Forest Reserve likely started from an unattended campfire. This morning a small team of firefighters from the DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife (DOFAW) continue work to put out the fire, estimated to be one-two acres in size.
- 06/02/22 – FINES AND OTHER PENALTIES APPROVED FOR OWNER OF A BOAT USED AS AN ILLEGAL LIVEABOARD(HONOLULU) – The State Board of Land and Natural Resources (BLNR) has approved a $30,000 fine for the owner of a boat who allowed the boat’s co-owner, her husband, and their child to live on the boat, moored in the Ala Wai Small Boat Harbor, without required permitting.
- 05/24/22 – IT’S OFFICIAL! ʻŌHIʻA LEHUA BECOMES HAWAI‘I STATE ENDEMIC TREE(HONOLULU) – The earnest efforts by hundreds of school children, their teachers, state lawmakers, and conservationists resulted in Gov. Ige signing SB2059 into law today, during a ceremony at Washington Place.
- 05/20/22 – JUST BECAUSE YOU DON’T SEE IT, DOESN’T MEAN IT DIDN’T HAPPEN(Waialea Bay Marine Life Conservation District) – Conditions to see coral spawning on Tuesday, were near perfect at this Hawai‘i Island, bay. Aquatic biologist Chris Teague, with the DLNR Division of Aquatic Resources (DAR), begins watching for spawning just after dawn.
- 05/13/22-WAHIAWA DAM OWNERS GRANTED EXTENSION FOR REMEDIATION WORK(HONOLULU) – The Board of Land and Natural Resources (BLNR) has approved an extension, requested by the owners of the Wahiawa Dam on O‘ahu, to design and implement improvements to the dam’s spillway and embankment structure.