HONOLULU – The plan for a small group workday in the closed section of the Honolulu Watershed Forest Reserve known as Middle Ridge, grew into a larger volunteer event last Saturday for DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife (DOFAW) staff. Thanks to community leaders Klayton Kubo and David Nixon, the collaboration served as a powerful example of how partnerships between the state and community can accomplish greater gains.
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(HONOLULU) – The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation has announced a $644,758 grant to the Kaua‘i Forest Bird Recovery Project (KFBRP) to support on-the-ground efforts in its battle against avian malaria. The grant was awarded Tuesday.
(OLINDA, MAUI) – More than two dozen firefighters from the DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife (DOFAW) and staff from the Maui Bird Conservation Center (MBCC) were recognized today with a U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) award for outstanding performance.
JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR DAWN CHANG CHAIRPERSON FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 14, 2024 KAMEHAMENUI FOREST WILDLIFE CONTROL HUNT ANNOUNCED Hunter assistance requested between August 15 and October 31 (KULA, ...
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JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR DAWN CHANG CHAIRPERSON FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 13, 2024 CAMPING SUSPENDED AT SAND ISLAND STATE RECREATION AREA (HONOLULU) – Due to constant disregard of numerous state ...
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JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR DAWN CHANG CHAIRPERSON FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 12, 2024 ʻUPOLU WELL IMPROVEMENTS TO BEGIN IN SEPTEMBER (NORTH KOHALA, HAWAIʻI) – Improvements are scheduled to begin on ...
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(LAHAINA, MAUI) – Much like their police, fire and rescue colleagues, officers with the DLNR Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement (DOCARE) never expected to be thrust into the middle of a literal fire storm that destroyed the town of Lahaina a year ago. One hundred two people perished in the inferno.
(HONOLULU) - Approximately 200 corals have been reattached to a possibly anchor-damaged area of Kewalo Basin seafloor, by DLNR Division of Aquatic Resources (DAR) biologists and staff, alongside members of Kuleana Coral Restoration, community-based nonprofit, over the past three weeks.
JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR DAWN CHANG CHAIRPERSON FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 5, 2024 FUEL DOCK AT LAHAINA SMALL BOAT HARBOR TO REOPEN TOMORROW FIRST BUSINESS TO REOPEN IN THE ...
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(HONOLULU) – Four hotels and five commercial vendors are receiving official cease-and-desist notices from the Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation (DOBOR), for alleged continued violations of a Hawai‘i Revised Statute (HRS) prohibiting presetting of commercial beach equipment on certain beaches under state jurisdiction.