December 2015

DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES News ReleaseDAVID Y. IGE GOVERNORSUZANNE D. CASE CHAIRPERSONFor Immediate News Release December 31, 2015   NEW SEA CUCUMBER RULES SIGNED INTO LAW BY GOVERNOR IGEBans All Large-Scale Commercial Harvesting(HONOLULU) – Following on the heels of a...

DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES News ReleaseDAVID Y. IGE GOVERNORSUZANNE D. CASE CHAIRPERSONFor Immediate News Release December 31, 2015   DLNR ANNOUNCES REPRESENTATIVES FOR MAUNALUA BAY OCEAN RECREATION ADVISORY COMMITTEEHONOLULU --  The Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) Division of...

DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES News ReleaseDAVID Y. IGE GOVERNORSUZANNE D. CASE CHAIRPERSONFor Immediate News Release December 30, 2015   DLNR INVESTIGATING DEAD AND MISSING ALBATROSS,DESTROYED NESTS AND EGGS IN KAENA POINT NATURAL AREA RESERVETips from public sought to locate suspect(s)HONOLULU...

DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES News ReleaseDAVID Y. IGE GOVERNORSUZANNE D. CASE CHAIRPERSONFor Immediate News Release December 28, 2015   GAME BIRD HUNTING SEASON ANNOUNCED FOR KAHUA/PONOHOLO RANCH COOPERATIVE GAME MANAGEMENT AREAHILO — The Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR)...

DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES News ReleaseDAVID Y. IGE GOVERNORSUZANNE D. CASE CHAIRPERSONFor Immediate News Release December 28, 2015   WEST HAWAI‘I STATE PARKS TO CLOSE EARLY FOR NEW YEAR’S EVEKAILUA-KONA – The Department of Land and Natural Resources is reminding...

DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES News Release DAVID Y. IGE GOVERNOR SUZANNE D. CASE CHAIRPERSON For Immediate News Release December 25, 2015    DENGUE FEVER RISK FORCES STATE LAND CLOSURE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY Milolii Village and Honomalino Bay Areas Covered...

DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES News ReleaseDAVID Y. IGE GOVERNORSUZANNE D. CASE CHAIRPERSONFor Immediate News Release December 24, 2015  VETERAN LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER NAMED DOCARE CHIEF(HONOLULU) - Thomas “Tommy” Friel, a conservation law enforcement officer for nearly three decades, has...

DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES News ReleaseDAVID Y. IGE GOVERNORSUZANNE D. CASE CHAIRPERSONFor Immediate News Release December 23, 2015 (Click on image to watch video)HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF ‘ŌHI‘A TREES KILLED BY MYSTERIOUS DISEASEState, Federal & Partners Step Up the...

DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES News ReleaseDAVID Y. IGE GOVERNORSUZANNE D. CASE CHAIRPERSONFor Immediate News Release December 18, 2015 WAIKIKI-DIAMOND HEAD SHORELINE FISHERIES MANAGEMENT AREAOPENS TO ONE-YEAR FISHING STARTING JAN. 1, 2016HONOLULU -- The Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR)...

DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES News Release DAVID Y. IGE GOVERNOR SUZANNE D. CASE CHAIRPERSON For Immediate News Release December 18, 2015 HAWAII ISLAND COMMUNITY MEMBERS CRITICAL TO TRANSPORTING 1,300-POUND STRANDED, ENDANGERED WHALE People urged to report strandings immediately...