JOSH GREEN, M.D.GOVERNOR DAWN CHANGCHAIRPERSON FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 1, 2024 KAIMANA BEACH MONK SEAL WATCH AND SAFETY PATROLS TO BEGIN Click on photo to view video (HONOLULU) – Federal, state and county agencies and nonprofit organizations have again joined together to keep people and Hawaiian monk seals safe during peak pupping season. Early this morning, Kaiwi (RK96) pupped at Kaimana Beach. This is the third offspring she’s delivered at Kaimana. Her three other pups were born along her namesake – the Kaiwi Coast in East O’ahu. Monk seal births in Waikīkī draw crowds, and distan ..read more

JOSH GREEN, M.D.GOVERNOR DAWN CHANGCHAIRPERSON FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 1, 2024 THE SAD STORY OF A NĒNĒ GOSLING PROMPTS ACTION IN HILO PARK Click on photo to view video (HILO, HAWAI‘I ISLAND) – Like many family stories, this one begins with the mother. Mom is an adult female nēnē, one of Hawai‘i’s State Birds, banded NTC. Last year one of her goslings was abducted from Wailoa River State Recreation Area. Police and conservation officers followed leads and a local family, who witnessed the bird-napping, followed her until she was apprehended. The young bird is back at the pa ..read more

JOSH GREEN, M.D.GOVERNOR DAWN CHANGCHAIRPERSON FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 26, 2024 STATE LAND BOARD TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION CULTURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE AND PUBLIC IMPACTS IN $1.8 MILLION FINE FOR BOAT GROUNDING Click on photo to view video (HONOLULU) – “A slap on the wrist in this situation, would be a slap in the face of this community,” exclaimed John Carty of the Save Honolua Coalition. This, after the Board of Land and Natural Resources (BLNR) greatly increased a fine against the owners and operator of the yacht Nakoa. The luxury yacht grounded on a reef approximately 600 yards nor ..read more

JOSH GREEN, M.D.GOVERNOR DAWN CHANGCHAIRPERSON FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 23, 2024 STUDENT VIDEO CHALLENGE SHOWS IMPORTANCE OF HAWAIIAN FOREST BIRDS TO FUTURE GENERATIONS Click on photo to view video (HONOLULU) – Handmade bird puppets, lab scientist costumes, moʻolelo, and animated infographics are just some of the tools that K-12 students across Hawaiʻi used to create video projects about forest birds as part of the 2024 ʻŌlelo Youth Xchange Video Challenge. The video contest, run by ʻŌlelo Community Media, includes a video category called “Makahiki o Nā Manu Nahele: Year of the For ..read more

JOSH GREEN, M.D.GOVERNOR DAWN CHANGCHAIRPERSON FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 23, 2024 DEATH OF NĒNĒ GOSLING IN HILO PARK POINTS TO DISEASE CARRIED BY FERAL CATS Click on photo to view video (HILO, HAWAI‘I ISLAND) – Toxoplasmosis, an infection spread only in the feces of feral cats, is likely what killed a nēnē gosling last month in Liliʻuokalani Park and Gardens. The DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife (DOFAW) sent the diseased bird to the United States Geological Survey (USGS) National Wildlife Health Center for a necropsy (animal autopsy). “This tragic incident highlights the probl ..read more

JOSH GREEN, M.D.GOVERNOR DAWN CHANGCHAIRPERSON FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 22, 2024 DOZENS OF VEHICLES TO BE TOWED FROM KAHULUI HARBOR NEXT MONTH Click on photo to view video (KAHULUI, MAUI) – Fifty-four trucks and cars, many inoperable, will be towed from the state’s Kahului Harbor on May 6. A team from the DLNR Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation (DOBOR) and officers from the DLNR Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement placed notices on each of the vehicles on Monday.   The notices warn owners that their car or truck is parked illegally in a state boating facil ..read more

JOSH GREEN, M.D.GOVERNOR DAWN CHANGCHAIRPERSON FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 22, 2024 TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF HAWAIʻI ISLAND AREAS FOR ANIMAL CONTROL Federal mandates call for protection of native palila habitat Click on photo to view video (HILO) – The DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife (DOFAW) will conduct animal control activities (trapping, ground and/or aerial shooting) for feral goats, feral sheep, mouflon, and mouflon/feral sheep hybrids within the palila critical habitat in the Mauna Kea Forest Reserve (Unit A), Mauna Kea Ice Age Natural Area Reserve (Unit K), Palila Mitigation ..read more

JOSH GREEN, M.D.GOVERNOR DAWN CHANGCHAIRPERSON FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 18, 2024  ELATION AND DISAPPOINTMENT AT KŌKEʻE Click on photo to view video (HANAPĒPĒ, KAUA‘I) – Seven lucky Kaua‘i residents are the excited new lease-holders of state-owned cabins in Kōkeʻe and Waimea Canyon State Parks. One-hundred-twenty-three others went home empty-handed after Thursday’s high-interest auction to lease out the rarely available cabins. Approximately 100 recreation residence cabins are leased to private individuals, huis, and organizations in the contiguous pair of mountaintop state par ..read more

JOSH GREEN, M.D.GOVERNOR DAWN CHANGCHAIRPERSON FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 23, 2024 DEATH OF NĒNĒ GOSLING IN HILO PARK POINTS TO DISEASE CARRIED BY FERAL CATS Click on photo to view video (HILO, HAWAI‘I ISLAND) – Toxoplasmosis, an infection spread only in the feces of feral cats, is likely what killed a nēnē gosling last month in Liliʻuokalani Park and Gardens. The DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife (DOFAW) sent the diseased bird to the United States Geological Survey (USGS) National Wildlife Health Center for a necropsy (animal autopsy). “This tragic incident highlights the probl ..read more

JOSH GREEN, M.D.GOVERNOR DAWN CHANGCHAIRPERSON FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 22, 2024 TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF HAWAIʻI ISLAND AREAS FOR ANIMAL CONTROL Federal mandates call for protection of native palila habitat Click on photo to view video (HILO) – The DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife (DOFAW) will conduct animal control activities (trapping, ground and/or aerial shooting) for feral goats, feral sheep, mouflon, and mouflon/feral sheep hybrids within the palila critical habitat in the Mauna Kea Forest Reserve (Unit A), Mauna Kea Ice Age Natural Area Reserve (Unit K), Palila Mitigation ..read more