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- 01/05/16 – The Hawai‘i Big Tree Competition is Accepting Nominations for the Spring 2016 Season!HONOLULU – The start of a new year also marks the beginning of the annual Hawai‘i Big Tree Competition. Sponsored by the Department of Land and Natural Resources Division of Forestry and Wildlife and American Forests, the Big Tree program focuses attention on the largest trees of particular native species, as a way to raise awareness about the importance of healthy trees and forests.
- 07/27/16 – New Trail Opens Celebrating Mauna Kea’s High-Elevation Dry Forest; Visitors Can Experience a Native Ecosystem and its Inhabitants(HILO) – The yellow, white-and-gray palila, a highly endangered Hawaiian honeycreeper, is one of the world’s most isolated birds. It lives only in a small patch of māmane forest on the western slope of Mauna Kea volcano on Hawai‘i Island. With the opening today of the new Palila Forest Discovery Trail, visitors will be now able to see palila and other native species that call this distinctive ecosystem home.
- 09/06/16 – DLNR & YOU – Building The Next Generation Of Conservation Leaders & Environmental Manager(Honolulu) – You’ve probably seen them in their bright blue shirts out in the forest pulling weeds, planting native trees, restoring trails, or hiking up a mountain side. These are participants from Hawaii’s Youth Conservation Corps that are helping environmental agencies tackle today’s natural resource problems and care for Hawaii’s fragile ecosystems.
- 09/09/16 – DLNR & YOU – Rapid ʻŌhiʻa Death Continues March Across Big Island Native Forests; Acreage Impacted Increases, Other Islands Spared(Honolulu) – A series of aerial surveys of six Hawaiian Islands reveals that the fungal disease, known as Rapid ʻŌhiʻa Death has impacted nearly 50,000 acres of native forest on the Big Island of Hawai‘i. That’s an increase of some 13,000 acres from surveys done earlier in 2016. “It’s important to note that the aerial surveys still need verification by conducting ground-truthing and lab tests,” said Philipp Lahaela Walter, State Resource & Survey Forester for the DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife (DOFAW). While some of the increase is due to expanding the survey area, much of it is due to new tree mortality.
- 03/07/17 – Winning Wildlife Artists Announced in the 2017-2018 Hawaii Wildlife Conservation Stamp Contest The Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Forestry and Wildlife would like to thank all wildlife artists that submitted amazing art entries for the 2017-18 Hawaii Wildlife Conservation and Game Bird Stamp Art Contest. A committee reviewed all submissions and two winners were chosen last month.
- 05/03/13 – DLNR To Hold Public Hearing On Molokai About Increased Protection Of Papohaku Dune SystemDEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES News Release NEIL ABERCROMBIE GOVERNOR WILLIAM J. AILA JR, CHAIRPERSON For Immediate Release May 3, 2013 DLNR TO HOLD PUBLIC HEARING ON […]
- 04/06/17 – Entire Ka Iwi Coast Finally Protected Ka Iwi Coast Mauka Lands - a culturally important and spectacular scenic coastline located in east O'ahu that has been threatened with development for decades - will be preserved in perpetuity in its natural state. The announcement, made today by the City and County of Honolulu, State of Hawai'i, Ka Iwi Coalition, Livable Hawai'i Kai Hui and The Trust for Public Land, ends a 40-year-long struggle to protect this beloved landscape
- Land Board Submittals – 05/26/17AGENDA FOR THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES DATE: FRIDAY, MAY 26, 2017 TIME: 09:00 A.M. PLACE: KALANIMOKU BUILDING LAND BOARD CONFERENCE ROOM 132 1151 […]
