News & Announcements
News & Announcements

Headed outdoors? First check our Trail Closures & Advisories and Hunting Announcements.
DLNR Forestry & Wildlife News Releases
- 11/26/25 – TWO ʻALALĀ ADDED TO WILD FLOCK ON MAUI
- 11/17/25 – HAWAI‘I WILDLIFE CONSERVATION/GAME BIRD STAMP CONTEST OPENS
- 11/14/25 – STATE AGENCIES RESPOND TO SECOND CONFIRMED CASE OF HIGHLY PATHOGENIC AVIAN INFLUENZA IN HAWAIʻI
- 10/9/25 – 2026 LĀNAʻI AXIS DEER HUNTING SEASON APPLICATIONS OPEN SOON
- 10/07/25 – PUBLIC MEETING FOR KAMEHAMENUI FOREST RESERVE DRAFT MANAGEMENT PLAN AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT
- 10/01/25 – OCTOBER IS STOP THE ANT MONTH
- 9/24/25 – FLOATING WORKSHOP TELLS A TALE OF TWO REEFS
- 9/15/25 – COMMUNITY INPUT SOUGHT ON MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR HONOLULU WATERSHED FOREST RESERVE
- 8/29/25 – KUNIA ROAD WILDFIRE 100% CONTAINED IN WEST O‘AHU
- 8/29/25 – INVASIVE INSECT TARGETING NAIO PLANTS DETECTED ON KAUAʻI
Statewide Forestry & Wildlife Announcements
- Road Closure- Makiki Baseyard, 10/15/25
- Kaheawa Wind Power I Draft Habitat Conservation Plan- Public meeting on 9/18/25
- Updates: Mosquito control efforts in Alakaʻi Wilderness
- Hawaiʻi Island Forest Users has a new home
- Update: Loop Road / Wailua Forest Management Road Now Open
- Maui Forest Users website has a new home
- Oʻahu Forest Users has a new home online
- January 17 Public Hearing – Proposed Draft Safe Harbor Agreement for the Introduction of Endangered Orangeblack Hawaiian Damselfly (Megalagrion xanthomelas) to a Conservation Area on the Island of Lānaʻi
- Update: Loop Road/Queensland Crossing Project
- Wildland-Urban Interface Grants Now Open
Announcements from our Island Branches