Division of Forestry and Wildlife: Outdoor Recreation

What is Adaptive Management Authority?

The division may use its adaptive management authority to amend certain administrative rules. Adaptive management allows resource managers to implement effective management tools in response to rapidly changing resource conditions. In 2021, the Hawaiʻi legislature authorized DLNR to adopt, amend, or repeal any hunting rule pertaining to bag limits, size limits, open or closed hunting season, or gear restrictions by formal Land Board action at a publicly noticed meeting. (HRS § 183D-3(b)). A copy of the temporary rules that have been adopted, amended, or repealed can be mailed to any interested person who makes a request to the Division. Submit written requests to [email protected] or via postal mail to Hunting Program, Division of Forestry & Wildlife, 1151 Punchbowl St. #325, Honolulu, HI 96813. Proposed rule changes and executed temporary rules will be added to the list below.

Hawaiʻi Administrative Rules (HAR)

• Chapter 121: Rules Regulating the Hunting of Wildlife 
• Chapter 122: Rules Regulating Game Bird Hunting, Field Trials, and Commercial Shooting Preserves
• Chapter 123: Rules Regulating Game Mammal Hunting