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- 10/24/17 – Hanauma Bay Nature Preserve Designated as State’s First Marine Life Conservation District 50 Years AgoIn the early 1800’s Queen Ka‘ahumanu visited Hanauma Bay, considered one of O‘ahu’s crown jewels over the decades. In modern times more than one million people each year, from all over the world, visit the bay to take in its vast marine and coral life. They snorkel, dive, spend time tanning on the beach, and otherwise enjoy the bay’s natural beauty. Before going into the water, they are educated about the living reef environment and safety practices to help ensure their continued enjoyment of the bay. The State, through the DLNR Division of Aquatic Resources (DAR) and the Office of Conservation and Coastal Lands (OCCL); the City and County of Honolulu, through the Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR), and Ocean Safety and Lifeguard Services; the University of Hawai‘i Sea Grant Program, and the non-profit Friends of Hanauma Bay (the Friends) work together to protect the bay’s unique underwater resources and best ensure the health of fish, corals, marine mammals, and visitors of the bay.
- 11/17/17 – DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife Invites Community Input for Tantalus-Round Top Drive Corridor Management Plan via New WebsiteHONOLULU – A planning effort to preserve the scenic, historic, and natural features of the Tantalus-Round Top Drive area is now being developed by the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR), Division of Forestry and Wildlife (DOFAW), in partnership with local planning firm Planning Solutions, Inc. (PSI).
- 12/11/17 – Advanced Hunter Education Game Care Workshop(HONOLULU) -For the first time ever, the Department of Land and Natural Resources’ Hunter Education Program will be holding an advanced Hunter Education Game Care workshop. Ahead of the Spring game mammal hunting seasons, two simultaneous hands-on workshops will be held on January 13, 2018, from 9:00 am to 1:00pm at Hunter Education classrooms on Oahu and Hawaii Island.
- 12/28/17 – Sea Level Rise Report Accepted By New State Climate Commission(HONOLULU) – The Hawai‘i Climate Change Mitigation & Adaptation Commission (Climate Commission) has accepted its first major report since its formation last fall. The Sea Level Rise Vulnerability & Adaptation Report is a comprehensive 304-page-long description of where Hawai‘i is today and where we will be in the future as sea level rise (SLR) increases with global warming.
- 01/03/18 – Rapid Assessment Team Deploys to Lehua After Two Rodents Detected; Species & Origins Of Animals Caught On Camera Unknown(Lihue, Kaua‘i) – A rapid assessment team comprised of experts from Island Conservation (IC), the DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife’s (DOFAW) non-native avian predator control team, and the Kaua‘i Endangered Seabird Recovery Project (KESRP) flew to Lehua island Tuesday, after checks of motion-detecting field cameras showed the presence of two rats on the island.
- 02/06/18 – State Endangered Species Recovery Committee Seeking ApplicationsHONOLULU — The State Endangered Species Recovery Committee (ESRC) is now accepting applications for the Hawaiian cultural practitioner position on the Commission. Applications will be reviewed and the names of qualified individuals will be sent to the Governor, who will nominate one person for each vacant position. The term of the new appointee is four years, with a maximum of two terms. The appointment is subject to confirmation by the Senate.
- 02/21/18 – DLNR Holds Public Hearing On Proposed Changes To State Forest Reserve Lands On KauaʻiDEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES News Release DAVID Y. IGE GOVERNOR SUZANNE D. CASE CHAIRPERSON For Immediate News Release February 21, 2018 DLNR HOLDS PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED CHANGES TO STATE FOREST RESERVE LANDS ON KAUA‘I LĪHU‘E – Two proposed changes to state forest reserve lands on Kauaʻi are the subject of a public […]
- 03/18/18 – Notice of Public Hearings on Proposed Rulemaking: Amendments to Hawaii Administrative Rules, Title 13, Subtitle 5, Part 1, Chapter 104, Rules Regulating Activities Within Forest ReservesPursuant to Section 91-3, Hawaii Revised Statutes (“HRS”), notice is hereby given of proposed rulemaking and public hearing by the Department of Land and Natural Resources (“Department”) to consider amendments to Hawaii Administrative Rules, Title 13, Subtitle 5, Part 1, Chapter 104, Rules Regulating Activities Within Forest Reserves.
- Land Board Submittals – 04/13/18 AGENDA FOR THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES DATE: FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 2018 TIME: 9:30 A.M. PLACE: KALANIMOKU BUILDING LAND BOARD CONFERENCE ROOM 132 1151 PUNCHBOWL STREET HONOLULU, HAWAII 96813 In some of the matters before the Board, a person may wish to request a contested case hearing. […]
- 04/16/18 – Newly Published Research Reveals More About Rapid ʻŌhiʻa Death – And Establishes First Plant Pathogens To Receive Hawaiian Names(HILO) - Researchers in Hawaiʻi, working with national and international specialists, have published a paper providing new insight into the origin and development of the tree disease called Rapid ʻŌhiʻa Death (ROD). Scientists at the USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and the University of Hawaiʻi worked with colleagues at the Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute at the University of Pretoria in South Africa, and Iowa State to describe two new species of plant pathogenic fungi known to cause ROD. Initially noticed by landowners in Puna in 2010, ROD spread quickly across tens of thousands of acres on the Big Island, killing hundreds of thousands of native ʻōhiʻa trees (Metrosideros polymorpha) in a short time. A plant pathology team led by Dr. Lisa Keith at the ARS laboratory in Hilo went to work collecting and analyzing samples of dead and dying ʻōhiʻa.