December 2017

DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES News Release DAVID Y. IGE GOVERNOR SUZANNE D. CASE CHAIRPERSON For Immediate News Release December 30, 2017 HUMPBACK WHALE CARCASS REMOVED FROM KANEOHE BAY REEF Hawaiian Protocols Observed Prior to Post-Mortem Examination  (KANEOHE) –...

DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES News Release DAVID Y. IGE GOVERNOR SUZANNE D. CASE CHAIRPERSON For Immediate News Release December 29, 2017 WHALE CARCASS ON REEF AT MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAI‘I TO BE REMOVED Possible Regrounding of Carcass from...

DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES News Release DAVID Y. IGE GOVERNOR SUZANNE D. CASE CHAIRPERSON For Immediate News Release December 28, 2017 SEA LEVEL RISE REPORT ACCEPTED  BY NEW STATE CLIMATE COMMISSION Mandated by the Legislature it Provides Technical...

DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES News Release DAVID Y. IGE GOVERNOR SUZANNE D. CASE CHAIRPERSON For Immediate News Release December 27, 2017 (Click on image to watch video) KA‘ENA POINT ALBATROSS COLONY GETS EGGS FOR CHRISTMAS Fertile Eggs From...

DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES News Release DAVID Y. IGE GOVERNOR SUZANNE D. CASE CHAIRPERSON For Immediate News Release December 26, 2017 HUMPBACK WHALE CARCASS TOWED 13-MILES OFF SHORE Private Dive Operator Steps in to Conduct the Tow Update:...

DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES News Release DAVID Y. IGE GOVERNOR SUZANNE D. CASE CHAIRPERSON For Immediate News Release December 25, 2017 ENCOURAGING SIGNS FROM LEHUA ISLAND SHOW NO RATS Continued Monitoring Underway (Lihue, Kaua‘i) – People monitoring the...

DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES News Release DAVID Y. IGE GOVERNOR SUZANNE D. CASE CHAIRPERSON For Immediate News Release December 21, 2017   PROJECT TO RESTORE HISTORIC NIU FISHPOND TAKES NEXT STEP Demolition of Condemned Residential Structures Completed at...

DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES News Release DAVID Y. IGE GOVERNOR SUZANNE D. CASE CHAIRPERSON For Immediate News Release December 20, 2017 HAWAI‘I WILDLIFE CONSERVATION STAMP CONTEST SEEKS ENTRIES FOR 2018-19 HONOLULU -- The Department of Land and Natural...

DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES News Release DAVID Y. IGE GOVERNOR SUZANNE D. CASE CHAIRPERSON For Immediate News Release December 19, 2017 RODENTICIDE USED IN LEHUA RAT ERADICATION NOT DETECTED IN PILOT WHALES Tests by USDA Lab Show No...

DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES News Release DAVID Y. IGE GOVERNOR SUZANNE D. CASE CHAIRPERSON For Immediate News Release December 12, 2017 (click on image to watch 2017 First Day Hike) FIRST DAY HIKES IN AMERICA’S STATE PARKS OFFER...