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Your search found 2629 hits- 08/22/16 – DLNR & YOU – Protecting All Creatures Great and Small; Kamehameha Butterfly & Rare Tree Snail Get a Helping Hand(Honolulu) – The deep, beautiful orange and black hue of Hawai’i’s official state insect is well known by visitors to native forests, and cultural practitioners. It is considered a critical pollinator for numerous native plants. The Kamehameha butterfly, like so many insects, plants, and animals in Hawai’i, is being crowded out of its traditional habitat by ever-encroaching human presence, the introduction of invasive predator species, and global climate change. Although the butterfly is historically known from all the main Hawaiian Islands (Kauaʻi, Oʻahu, Molokaʻi, Lanaʻi, Maui, and Hawai’i), it is no longer found in some areas where it used to be common and it appears to be declining. The Pulelehua Project includes an effort to map current populations of the Kamehameha butterfly using observations submitted by the public, combined with surveys of remote areas by scientists. Pulelehua is the Hawaiian word for butterfly.
- 08/23/16 – DLNR & YOU – KEEPING IT NATURAL DLNR’s Natural Area Reserves and Partners Preserve Wildest Places(Molokai) – Scattered across an expansive coastline of valleys, sea cliffs, boulders, and beaches, is a problem that affects everyone. “It doesn’t matter the name you give it, marine debris, ocean litter, coastal trash, or where it came from,” says James Espaniola of the Department of Land and Natural Resources. “The best thing to do is to get busy and do something about it.” That is exactly what The Nature Conservancy Molokai (TNC-Molokai), Kalaupapa National Historical Park (KNHP) and the DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife’s (DOFAW) Natural Area Reserves System decided to do.
- 08/25/16 – Endangered Forest Birds of HawaiiDEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES DAVID Y. IGE GOVERNOR SUZANNE D. CASE CHAIRPERSON MEDIA ADVISORY ENDANGERED FOREST BIRDS OF HAWAII WHAT: The third “DLNR and YOU” television special, scheduled for broadcast in late 2016, documents the… Read More »
- 08/27/16 – Malama The Napali Coast State Wilderness ParkDEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES DAVID Y. IGE GOVERNOR SUZANNE D. CASE CHAIRPERSON MEDIA ADVISORY MALAMA THE NAPALI COAST STATE WILDERNESS PARK WHAT: A concerted effort by the DLNR Divisions of State Parks and Conservation… Read More »
- 08/26/16 – DLNR & YOU – Ensuring a Future for Hawaii’s Endangered Forest Birds; 2 Species On The Brink Of Extinction Being Brought Into Safety From Threats In The Wild(Lihue, Kauai) Hawaii’s forest birds are one of the best examples anywhere in the world, of what’s known as adaptive radiation. This means a few founding individual species evolved into a multitude of species. They’re also a key reason Hawaii holds the unenviable nickname of “extinction capitol of the world”, as many species have disappeared since the arrival of people to the islands. Most of the remaining are highly endangered and the subject of intense conservation efforts. Habitat loss and degradation, non-native predators, landscape-altering invasive weeds, and avian disease spread by mosquitoes have all contributed to the current predicament faced by these species.
- 08/28/16 – Growing Native Plants To Protect Land And WatershedsDEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES DAVID Y. IGE GOVERNOR SUZANNE D. CASE CHAIRPERSON MEDIA ADVISORY GROWING NATIVE PLANTS TO PROTECT LAND AND WATERSHEDS WHAT: With the unfortunate distinction of having an extremely rare flora,… Read More »
- 08/28/16 – DLNR & YOU – Growing Native Plants For Species Recovery And To Protect Land And Watersheds(Honolulu) – When Silene perlmanii, an extremely rare small shrub with delicate white flowers, was discovered on O‘ahu by botanist Steve Perlman in 1987, just 20 individuals remained in the wild. Within three years, only 6 plants remained, dwindling to a single individual by 1994. The decline of this species at the last known wild site has been attributed to aggressive weeds and introduced ungulates damaging the habitat.
- 08/30/16 – Guiding Restoration Of Hawaiian FishpondsDEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES DAVID Y. IGE GOVERNOR SUZANNE D. CASE CHAIRPERSON MEDIA ADVISORY GUIDING RESTORATION OF HAWAIIAN FISHPONDS WHAT: Loko i‘a or Hawaiian fishponds are unique aquaculture systems that exist throughout Hawai‘i and… Read More »
- 09/01/16 – Media Opportunities/News Conferences During The IUCN World Conservation Congress Hawai‘i 2016DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES DAVID Y. IGE GOVERNOR SUZANNE D. CASE CHAIRPERSON MEDIA ADVISORY DLNR & YOU MEDIA OPPORTUNITIES/NEWS CONFERENCES DURING THE IUCN WORLD CONSERVATION CONGRESS HAWAI‘I 2016 The Hawai‘i Dept. of Land and… Read More »
- 09/08/16 – Kaneohe Bay Tour & Coral Bleaching UpdateDEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES DAVID Y. IGE GOVERNOR SUZANNE D. CASE CHAIRPERSON MEDIA ADVISORY KANEOHE BAY TOUR & CORAL BLEACHING UPDATE On Thursday, Sept. 8, 2016 delegates and press attending the IUCN… Read More »