HONOLULU – Starting today, booking a spot for your next camping adventure in the Hilo Forest Reserve just got easier. The DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife (DOFAW) announces that the Keanakolu Bunkhouse and Ranger cabins are now available for camping reservations seven days a week.
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HONOLULU — The Ka‘iwa Ridge Trail, popularly known as the Lanikai Pillbox Trail, will close for Little Fire Ant (LFA) treatment from 6-10 a.m. tomorrow, May 7. Several agencies including the DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife (DOFAW), the O‘ahu Invasive Species Committee (OISC), and the Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture are partnering in the effort to control LFA at this location.
JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR DAWN CHANG CHAIRPERSON PRIVATE LANDOWNERS ON MAUI NUI SOUGHT TO ASSIST AXIS DEER CONTROL KAHULUI, MAUI – Axis deer continue to negatively impact Maui Nui forested ...
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HONOLULU – May is Hawaiʻi Invasive Species Awareness Month (HISAM). The campaign is in its eighth year, raising awareness of the serious threats invasive species pose to all aspects of life in Hawaiʻi and celebrating the work of those who help protect our islands.
JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR DAWN CHANG CHAIRPERSON WEST MAUI WATERSHED RESTORATION ENGAGES NATIVE HAWAIIAN STUDENTS NĀPILI, Maui – The forests stretching from Honokōwai, which is just past Lahaina, all the ...
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JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR DAWN CHANG CHAIRPERSON LEGACY LAND CONSERVATION GRANTS AWARDED FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 HONOLULU — A rare native coastal dune ecosystem, pristine native forest and ranch lands, ...
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NORTH KOHALA, Hawaiʻi Island – In partnership with the Protect Pololū ʻOhana (PPO), the DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife Nā Ala Hele Trail and Access Program announces a temporary closure of Pololū Trail and its associated areas for maintenance. Pololū Trail will be closed to all public access on Saturday, May 3, 2025, from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.
KAWAIʻELE BIRD SANCTUARY, Kaua‘i – West Kaua‘i’s Mānā Plain is attracting larger numbers of native waterbirds and migratory shore birds than DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife (DOFAW) biologist Jason Vercelli has ever seen in his 18 years of work in the wetlands.
HONOLULU — The grounds of Washington Place now have additional native vegetation, as Governor Josh Green M.D., First Lady Jaime Kanani Green, and DLNR Chair Dawn Chang joined students from St. Andrew’s School in a community Earth Day planting ceremony.
KĪPAHULU FOREST RESERVE, Maui – Five months after release into the Kīpahulu Forest Reserve in East Maui, a cohort of five ʻalalā (Hawaiian crows) is healthy and continues to discover and practice the instinctual behaviors unique to the species.