News Releases

DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES News ReleaseDAVID Y. IGE GOVERNORSUZANNE D. CASE CHAIRPERSONFor Immediate News Release May 3, 2016 FOREST USERS REMINDED OF POTENTIAL HAZARDS & RISKSDLNR EXPRESSES CONCERN FOR WOMAN INJURED IN TREE FALL(HONOLULU) – Today, a certified private...

DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES News ReleaseDAVID Y. IGE GOVERNORSUZANNE D. CASE CHAIRPERSONFor Immediate News Release May 2, 2016JUDD TRAIL CLOSED DUE TO FALLEN BANYAN TREEHONOLULU – The Department of Land and Natural Resources today posted the Judd hiking...

(Click on image to watch video)This is what the Honolulu Star Advertiser had to say about the new film that depicts clean-up and law enforcement efforts in the Napali Coast State Wilderness Park:Environmentalism must be learnedApril 29, 2016A new documentary...

DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES News ReleaseDAVID Y. IGE GOVERNORSUZANNE D. CASE CHAIRPERSONFor Immediate News Release April 28, 2016 KAUAI MAN FACES FELONY CHARGES IN CONNECTION WITH MONK SEAL BEATINGArrest Result of Joint Federal, State & County Investigation(HONOLULU) – 19...

DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES News ReleaseDAVID Y. IGE GOVERNORSUZANNE D. CASE CHAIRPERSONFor Immediate News Release April 27, 2016LOBSTER AND KONA CRAB SEASON CLOSES MAY 1HONOLULU – If you love your fresh-caught local lobster or Kona crab, you'd best...

DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES News Release DAVID Y. IGE GOVERNOR SUZANNE D. CASE CHAIRPERSON For Immediate News Release April 27, 2016 (Click on image to watch video) “Renegades, Risks and Rewards of the Napali Coast” TV Special Highlights...

DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES News Release DAVID Y. IGE GOVERNOR SUZANNE D. CASE CHAIRPERSON For Immediate News Release April 26, 2016 DLNR OCEAN SAFETY CAMPAIGN CALLS ON BOATERS, DIVERS TO KEEP ALERT New dive flag posters help create...

DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES News ReleaseDAVID Y. IGE GOVERNORSUZANNE D. CASE CHAIRPERSONFor Immediate News Release April 25, 2016300,000 URCHINS CONTINUE TO CLEAN INVASIVE ALIEN SEAWEEDOahu’s Kaneohe Bay Largely Cleared of Algae(HONOLULU) – David Cohen is a proud papa...

DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES News ReleaseDAVID Y. IGE GOVERNORSUZANNE D. CASE CHAIRPERSONFor Immediate News Release April 15, 2016ROADWAYS AT KE‘EHI SMALL BOAT HARBOR TO BE PAVED HONOLULU –- The Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Boating and...

DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES News ReleaseDAVID Y. IGE GOVERNORSUZANNE D. CASE CHAIRPERSONFor Immediate News Release April 14, 2016ALEXANDER & BALDWIN TO COMMENCE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PROCESS(HONOLULU) – Today the State Board of Land and Natural Resources (BLNR) issued an...