2025

JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR DAWN CHANG CHAIRPERSON ADAPATIVE OCEAN SPORTS PROGRAM RECEIVES ALA WAI SPACE FOR STORAGE AND PARKING [caption id="attachment_34151" align="alignnone" width="590"] Click on photo to view video[/caption] HONOLULU  – The days of storing equipment in Kapolei or in...

JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR DAWN CHANG CHAIRPERSON WOMAN CITED FOR ENTERING SACRED FALLS STATE PARK [caption id="attachment_34148" align="alignnone" width="632"] Click on photo to view video[/caption] HONOLULU — After more than 25 years, countless news stories, and thousands of social media...

JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR DAWN CHANG CHAIRPERSON RELEASING MOSQUITOES TO HELP KAUA‘I’S FOREST BIRDS   [caption id="attachment_34143" align="alignnone" width="609"] Click on photo to view video[/caption] ALAKAʻI PLATEAU, Kauaʻi – It seems counterintuitive to release hundreds of thousands of mosquitoes into...

JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR DAWN CHANG CHAIRPERSON LAND MANAGERS RECEIVE FUNDS TO SUPPORT CLIMATE CHANGE RESILIENCE HONOLULU – The Carbon Smart Program has awarded awarded a total of $1,000,000 to 10 grantees to develop and implement plans for regenerative sustainable...

JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR DAWN CHANG CHAIRPERSON DIAMOND HEAD STATE PARK TEMPORARY CLOSURES FOR ROCKFALL MITIGATION  [caption id="attachment_34112" align="alignnone" width="579"] Click on photo to view video[/caption] HONOLULU – An ongoing construction project at Diamond Head State Monument will require full...

JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR DAWN CHANG CHAIRPERSON VOLUNTEERS ASSIST COQUI FROG CONTROL EFFORTS ON O‘AHU [caption id="attachment_34099" align="alignnone" width="552"] Click on photo to view video[/caption]   HONOLULU – During every Thursday evening get togethers in Waimānalo, people gather at sunset...

JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR DAWN CHANG CHAIRPERSON TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF KEANAKOLU ORCHARD FOR MAINTENANCE HONOLULU – The DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife (DOFAW) announces that the Keanakolu Orchard, located in the Hilo Forest Reserve on Hawaiʻi Island, will be...

JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR DAWN CHANG CHAIRPERSON NON-RESIDENT FISHING LICENSES EXPECTED TO GENERATE $1 MILLION ANNUALLY Click on photo to view video HONOLULU – Hawai‘i is joining other ocean states and now requires a license for recreational ocean fishing for...

JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR DAWN CHANG CHAIRPERSON EXPLORE OUTDOOR HAWAI‘I SITE WINS WEB DESIGN GOLD HONOLULU – The Explore Outdoor Hawai‘i website, just launched in July, won gold in the Best of the Web – Government Agency category at the...

JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR DAWN CHANG CHAIRPERSON RAPID ʻŌHIʻA DEATH DETECTED AT MAUI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KAHULUI, Maui — The least-virulent strain of the fungal infection known as Rapid ʻŌhiʻa Death (ROD) was detected late last month in three landscape ʻōhiʻa...