December 2025

JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR RYAN KANAKAʻOLE  ACTING CHAIRPERSON DLNR PATROLS TO DETER ILLEGAL CHRISTMAS TREE BONFIRES HONOLULU – Officers with the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement (DOCARE) will again be on patrol...

JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR RYAN KANAKAʻOLE  ACTING CHAIRPERSON KAIWI FIRST DAY HIKE 2026 AND DLNR “YEAR OF OUR COASTAL KULEANA” CAMPAIGN HONOLULU – As dawn breaks over the Kaiwi Channel on January 1, hundreds will once again gather at Kaiwi...

JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR DAWN CHANG CHAIRPERSON RECRUITMENT FOR STATE CONSERVATION OFFICERS BEGINS JANUARY 3 HONOLULU – Recruitment for 53 entry-level officers with DLNR’s Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement (DOCARE) opens Jan. 3, 2026. Vacancies for these highly coveted...

JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR DAWN CHANG CHAIRPERSON STATE AGENCIES RESPOND TO THIRD POSSIBLE CASE OF HIGHLY PATHOGENIC AVIAN INFLUENZA IN HAWAIʻI HONOLULU – Three state agencies remain on alert after a third presumptive case of avian influenza was found in...

JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR DAWN CHANG CHAIRPERSON NEW PROTECTIONS GIVE NĒNĒ ANOTHER CHANCE TO NEST IN LILI‘UOKALANI GARDENS After Years of Tragic Deaths, Prohibitions on Cat Feeding May Lead to New Goslings HILO, Hawaiʻi – Nēnē nesting season has begun...

JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR DAWN CHANG CHAIRPERSON “MIRACLE HOUSE” LISTED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES LAHAINA, Maui – The Pioneer Mill Company/Lahaina Ice Company (PMCo/LICo) Bookkeeper’s House in Lahaina, more recently dubbed the “Miracle House” after the August...

JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR DAWN CHANG CHAIRPERSON LIMITED COMMERCIAL BOAT OPERATIONS TO RESUME DEC. 15 AT LAHAINA SMALL BOAT HARBOR LAHAINA, Hawaiʻi – In a milestone for Maui Nui and Lahaina wildfire recovery, the DLNR Division of Boating and Ocean...