2024

JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR DAWN CHANG CHAIRPERSON FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 1, 2024 TWO MAUI MEN ARRESTED ON SUSPICION OF NIGHT HUNTING FROM ROAD WITHIN OPRAH’S RANCH (WAILUKU, MAUI) – Just before midnight on Friday, June 21, officers from the...

JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR DAWN CHANG CHAIRPERSON FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 1, 2024 PAYING HOMAGE TO THE LAST ‘AKIKIKI IN THE WILD Click on photo to view video (Alaka‘i Plateau, Kaua‘i) – When a group of men hiked into a...

JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR DAWN CHANG CHAIRPERSON FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 24, 2024   MONK SEAL BORN ON MOKULUA NUI DELIVERS FIRST PUP ON THE ISLET State, Federal, and Non-profit Partners Initiate Protection Plan (HONOLULU) – A Hawaiian monk seal...

JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR DAWN CHANG CHAIRPERSON FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 21, 2024 MAKAPU‘U TRAIL AND PARKING LOT TO BE CLOSED ON JUNE 25 (HONOLULU) – The Kaiwi State Scenic Shoreline (state park) and Makapuʻu Lighthouse Trail will be closed...

JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR DAWN CHANG CHAIRPERSON FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 20, 2024 FIRST RECORDED MONK SEAL BIRTH AT SAND ISLAND Click on photo to view video (HONOLULU) – Hawaiian monk seal Rocky (RH58) gave birth to a pup overnight....

JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR DAWN CHANG CHAIRPERSON FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 20, 2024 PARTIAL CLOSURE OF POLIHALE STATE PARK IN EFFECT Click on photo to view video (POLIHALE STATE PARK, KAUA‘I) – On Monday, the protection and restoration of the...

JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR DAWN CHANG CHAIRPERSON FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 19, 2024 WAILUA FOREST MANAGEMENT ROAD (LOOP ROAD) CLOSED Click on photo to view video (LĪHUʻE, KAUA‘I) - The Wailua Forest Management Road, “Loop Road” in the Līhuʻe -Koloa...

JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR DAWN CHANG CHAIRPERSON FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 18, 2024 APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR KAULUNANI COMMUNITY FORESTRY GRANTS HONOLULU – Hawai‘i communities and organizations are encouraged to apply for Kaulunani forestry grants that promote trees in places where...

JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR DAWN CHANG CHAIRPERSON FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 17, 2024 BE PONO CAMPAIGN ENCOURAGES RESPONSIBLE OUTDOOR RECREATION Click on photo to view video showcase HONOLULU — Summer in Hawaiʻi brings opportunities for families to get outside and...

JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR DAWN CHANG CHAIRPERSON FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 13, 2024 FIREFIGHTERS KEEP AN EYE ON KAUA‘I BRUSH FIRE OVERNIGHT Click on photo to view video (WAIMEA, KAUA‘I) - Quick actions by firefighters from the Kaua‘i Fire Department...