News Releases

DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES News ReleaseDAVID Y. IGE GOVERNORSUZANNE D. CASE CHAIRPERSONFor Immediate News Release December 28, 2015   GAME BIRD HUNTING SEASON ANNOUNCED FOR KAHUA/PONOHOLO RANCH COOPERATIVE GAME MANAGEMENT AREAHILO — The Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR)...

DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES News ReleaseDAVID Y. IGE GOVERNORSUZANNE D. CASE CHAIRPERSONFor Immediate News Release December 28, 2015   WEST HAWAI‘I STATE PARKS TO CLOSE EARLY FOR NEW YEAR’S EVEKAILUA-KONA – The Department of Land and Natural Resources is reminding...

DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES News Release DAVID Y. IGE GOVERNOR SUZANNE D. CASE CHAIRPERSON For Immediate News Release December 25, 2015    DENGUE FEVER RISK FORCES STATE LAND CLOSURE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY Milolii Village and Honomalino Bay Areas Covered...

DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES News ReleaseDAVID Y. IGE GOVERNORSUZANNE D. CASE CHAIRPERSONFor Immediate News Release December 24, 2015  VETERAN LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER NAMED DOCARE CHIEF(HONOLULU) - Thomas “Tommy” Friel, a conservation law enforcement officer for nearly three decades, has...

DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES News ReleaseDAVID Y. IGE GOVERNORSUZANNE D. CASE CHAIRPERSONFor Immediate News Release December 23, 2015 (Click on image to watch video)HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF ‘ŌHI‘A TREES KILLED BY MYSTERIOUS DISEASEState, Federal & Partners Step Up the...

DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES News ReleaseDAVID Y. IGE GOVERNORSUZANNE D. CASE CHAIRPERSONFor Immediate News Release December 18, 2015 WAIKIKI-DIAMOND HEAD SHORELINE FISHERIES MANAGEMENT AREAOPENS TO ONE-YEAR FISHING STARTING JAN. 1, 2016HONOLULU -- The Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR)...

DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES News Release DAVID Y. IGE GOVERNOR SUZANNE D. CASE CHAIRPERSON For Immediate News Release December 18, 2015 HAWAII ISLAND COMMUNITY MEMBERS CRITICAL TO TRANSPORTING 1,300-POUND STRANDED, ENDANGERED WHALE People urged to report strandings immediately...

DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES News ReleaseDAVID Y. IGE GOVERNORSUZANNE D. CASE CHAIRPERSONFor Immediate News Release December 16, 2015 (Click on image to watch video)IMPROVEMENTS TO ‘IAO VALLEY STATE MONUMENT PLANNEDPark closures from January 11 – 22, 2016 will be...

DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES News ReleaseDAVID Y. IGE GOVERNORSUZANNE D. CASE CHAIRPERSONFor Immediate News Release December 15, 2015 (Click on image to watch video) NEW AND IMPROVED MAKAPU’U LOOKOUT FEATURES GREET FIRST DAY HIKERSAnnual New Year's Day Hike One...

DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES News ReleaseDAVID Y. IGE GOVERNORSUZANNE D. CASE CHAIRPERSONFor Immediate News Release December 9, 2015 HAWAI‘I WILDLIFE CONSERVATION STAMP CONTEST, 2016-17 ANNOUNCEMENTHONOLULU --   The Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Forestry and Wildlife is seeking...