Hawai‘i Island Announcements
Hawai‘i Island Announcements
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Hawaiʻi Island Announcements
Share your voice: Input Sought for Hawaiʻi’s Kapāpala Koa Canoe Management Area
Explore the online platform, read the draft plan, and comment by June 7
Wēkiu Bug surveys show more than seven-fold population increase
The Center for Maunakea Stewardship (CMS, formerly known as the Office of Maunakea Management) sets a variety of trap types at more than 100 sites every year to monitor the abundance, distribution, and demography of… Read More »
Two new wild populations of Clermontia peleana subsp. peleana discovered
In the early 1900ʻs botanist Joseph Rock found a unique plant in the bellflower family near the summit of Kīlauea Volcano, in present-day Olaʻa Forest Reserve. He described and named it Clermontia peleana subsp. peleana,… Read More »
DLNR Forestry & Wildlife News Releases
- 7/13/24 – OFFSHORE WILDLIFE SANCTUARIES CAN NOW BE CLOSED FOR MONK SEAL PUPPING
- 7/12/24 – KULA FOREST RESERVE CLOSES AS A PRECAUTION
- 7/12/24 – MARCONI POINT PROPERTY OWNER DONATES LAND AFTER RESOURCES DESTRUCTION
- 7/10/24 – HAWAI‘I ISLAND ADVISORY COUNCILS LOOK TO FILL VACANCIES
- 7/3/24 – MĀNOA FALLS TRAIL CLOSED JULY 8-12
- 7/1/24 – PAYING HOMAGE TO THE LAST ‘AKIKIKI IN THE WILD
- 6/24/24 – MONK SEAL BORN ON MOKULUA NUI DELIVERS FIRST PUP ON THE ISLET
- 6/19/24 – WAILUA FOREST MANAGEMENT ROAD (LOOP ROAD) CLOSED
- 6/18/24 – APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR KAULUNANI COMMUNITY FORESTRY GRANTS
- 6/17/24 – BE PONO CAMPAIGN ENCOURAGES RESPONSIBLE OUTDOOR RECREATION
Announcements from other Forestry & Wildlife Branches
Statewide Announcements
- July 15 Public Hearing – Revisions to Ch. 13-209 Natural Area Reserves System Rules
- Kahakapao Access Road closed May 2 to June 28, 2024
- DLNR CLOSING PORTION OF FOREST RESERVE FOR HA‘IKŪ STAIRS REMOVAL
- Loop Rd on Kauaʻi closed until further notice
- See the 2024-25 Wildlife Conservation Stamp and Game Bird Stamp Art Contest Submissions
- New Virtual Field Trip: Keauhou Bird Conservation Center
- CAMPSITES AT PEACOCK FLATS AND KUAOKALĀ TRAIL TO BE CLOSED DURING MĀKAHA BRIDGE CLOSURE REPAIRS
- Grant opportunity: Community Wildfire Defense Grant Program
- Landscape Scale Restoration and Wildland-Urban Interface Grants Now Accepting Applications
- Share your voice: Input Sought for Hawaiʻi’s Kapāpala Koa Canoe Management Area
Kauaʻi
- DLNR announces 2024 black-tailed deer season on Kauaʻi
- WAILUA FOREST MANAGEMENT ROAD (LOOP ROAD) CLOSED
- Loop Road Closed Until Further Notice
- Special-use permit for researchers working across Kauaʻi State Parks and Forestry and Wildlife lands
- Art Exhibition – Lehua: An Island Reborn
- 2022 Kauai Hunting Announcements
- DOFAW Kauai Drop Off Box
- Loop Road Re-Opening
Oʻahu
- CAMPSITES AT PEACOCK FLATS AND KUAOKALĀ TRAIL TO BE CLOSED DURING MĀKAHA BRIDGE CLOSURE REPAIRS
- Volunteer in November! Kawainui Marsh Workdays
- 2021 – 2022 Game Bird Hunting Season Opens on November 6th
- From the Field: ʻUki Transplanting in Kaʻala Natural Area Reserve
- Seabird Fallout Season: September thru December
- Oʻahu residents and visitors gain new ways to connect with natural resources online
Maui Nui
- Access Restored to Kula Forest Reserve and Polipoli State Recreation Area
- INPUT SOUGHT FOR MANAGEMENT OF KĪPAHULU FOREST RESERVE ON MAUI
- Access to Polipoli State Recreation Area and Kula Forest Reserve remains closed until April 3rd , 2023
- Input sought for draft Kamehamenui management plan
- Celebrating Fern Duvall as a Conservation Leader
- Maui County Council aims to protect reefs by banning non-mineral sunscreens
- Koa wood for sale! Contact Maui DOFAW prior to December 21
- Two nēnē killed by car near Kahului airport; drivers urged to use caution