December 2024

JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR DAWN CHANG CHAIRPERSON KAIWI STATE SCENIC SHORELINE FIRST DAY HIKE EMBRACES MULTIPLE CULTURES [caption id="attachment_33739" align="alignnone" width="625"] Click on photo to view video[/caption] (HONOLULU) – The annual First Day Hike to greet the New Year’s first...

  JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR DAWN CHANG CHAIRPERSON CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT FOCUSES ON ENDANGERED FOREST BIRDS [caption id="attachment_33713" align="alignnone" width="609"] Click on photo to view video[/caption] (PU‘U MAKA‘ALA NATURAL AREA RESERVE, HAWAI‘I ISLAND) – To wrap up The Year of...

JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR DAWN CHANG CHAIRPERSON ʻĀKOʻAKOʻA CORAL RESTORATION NURSERY At the Center of Hawai‘i Island Reef Restoration [caption id="attachment_33704" align="alignnone" width="616"] Click on photo to view video[/caption]   (KEĀHOLE, HAWAI‘I ISLAND) – Think of it as an intensive...

JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR DAWN CHANG CHAIRPERSON THE REEF HABITAT PLAN: FOR FISHERS, BY FISHERS Initiative to Improve Fish Habitat is Guided by the Knowledge of the Fishing Community [caption id="attachment_33696" align="alignnone" width="604"] Click on photo to view video[/caption] HONOLULU...

JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR DAWN CHANG CHAIRPERSON YEAR OF THE FOREST BIRDS MARKED CHANGES FOR BIRDS, HOPE FOR THE FUTURE Wild Populations Faced New Threats and Saw New Opportunities in a Momentous Year [caption id="attachment_33687" align="alignnone" width="634"] Click on photo...

JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR DAWN CHANG CHAIRPERSON RARE SNAILS REINTRODUCED AFTER 33 YEARS IN CAPTIVITY Click on photo to view video (HONOLULU) – The first batch of Achatinella fuscobasis, a rare Hawaiian snail species, was recently released into the Honolulu...

JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR DAWN CHANG CHAIRPERSON 25 NEW STATE CONSERVATION OFFICERS COMMISSIONED Click on photo to view video (HONOLULU) – Twenty-five recruits are now fully commissioned conservation officers with the DLNR Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement (DOCARE). At...

JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR DAWN CHANG CHAIRPERSON LONG-AWAITED POHOIKI DREDGING TO BEGIN IN EARLY 2025 Click on photo to view video HONOLULU — A $9.2 million contract has been awarded to dredge Hawaiʻi Island’s lava-inundated Pohoiki Bay, which will bring...

JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR DAWN CHANG CHAIRPERSON REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS: 2025 URBAN AND COMMUNITY FORESTRY GRANT Celebrating the “Year of Our Community Forests”   December 12, 2024 HONOLULU – Community organizations across the state are encouraged to submit proposals for...

JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR DAWN CHANG CHAIRPERSON HISTORIC FIRST RELEASE OF ʻALALĀ IN EAST MAUI Click on photo to view video KĪPAHULU FOREST RESERVE, MAUI, Hawai‘i — Hawaiian crows known as ʻalalā are once again in their rightful place flying...