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
- 12/4/24 – HISTORIC FIRST RELEASE OF ʻALALĀ IN EAST MAUI
- 12/2/24 – FERAL PIG SPECIAL HUNT ANNOUNCED ON HAWAIʻI ISLAND
- 11/26/24 – AS SEABIRD FALLOUT SEASON CONTINUES, RESCUERS SHOULD PROTECT AGAINST AVIAN FLU
- 11/12/24 – SLOW DOWN, WATCH OUT, AND LET NĒNĒ LIVE
- 11/8/24 – GAME BIRD CROP STUDY UNDER WAY ON HAWAIʻI ISLAND
- 11/2/24 – WEEKLONG ART EXHIBIT CELEBRATES KAUA‘I FOREST BIRDS
- 10/31/24 – THE DREAM FOR MAUI’S MOTHER REEF
- 10/28/24 – STATEWIDE CELEBRATIONS FOR ARBOR DAY THIS WEEKEND
- 10/25/24 – NEW RFP FOR AXIS DEER CONTROL ON MAUI NUI
- 10/25/24 – IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS CAUSE TEMPORARY CLOSURES TO STATE LANDS ON MAUI
Announcements from other Forestry & Wildlife Branches
Statewide Announcements
- Wildland-Urban Interface Grants Now Open
- Live from the Forest, It’s Smokey Bear! Tune in Every Friday in October
- 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
Kauaʻi
- Mosquito control efforts in Alakaʻi Wilderness, Summer and Fall 2024
- 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
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