News Releases

Mrs. Valerie Maluyo and her third-grade students at Waialua Elementary School recently wrote heartfelt letters to the DLNR asking for help to share a message they had. With increased visitor traffic on beaches near their neighborhoods, they noticed a disturbing...

JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR DAWN CHANG CHAIRPERSON FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 9, 2024 DLNR CLOSING PORTION OF FOREST RESERVE FOR HA‘IKŪ STAIRS REMOVAL Click on photo to view video (HONOLULU) – A portion of the Moanalua Section of the Honolulu Watershed...

JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR DAWN CHANG CHAIRPERSON FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 7, 2024 DOZENS OF VEHICLES TOWED FROM KAHULUI BOAT HARBOR Click on photo to view video (KAHULUI, MAUI) – With a large presence of workers from the DLNR Division...

JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR DAWN CHANG CHAIRPERSON FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 2, 2024 A THIRD MAYOR SIGNS YEAR OF THE FOREST BIRDS PROCLAMATION Click on photo to view video (WAILUKU, MAUI) – Maui Mayor Richard T. Bissen, Jr. signed a...

JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR DAWN CHANG CHAIRPERSON FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 1, 2024 KAIMANA BEACH MONK SEAL WATCH AND SAFETY PATROLS TO BEGIN Click on photo to view video (HONOLULU) – Federal, state and county agencies and nonprofit organizations have...

JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR DAWN CHANG CHAIRPERSON FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 1, 2024 MAY IS HAWAIʻI INVASIVE SPECIES AWARENESS MONTH (HONOLULU) – Today marks the beginning of Hawaiʻi Invasive Species Awareness Month (HISAM), an annual campaign to prevent and minimize...

JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR DAWN CHANG CHAIRPERSON FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 1, 2024 THE SAD STORY OF A NĒNĒ GOSLING PROMPTS ACTION IN HILO PARK Click on photo to view video (HILO, HAWAI‘I ISLAND) – Like many family stories, this one...

JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR DAWN CHANG CHAIRPERSON FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 26, 2024 STATE LAND BOARD TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION CULTURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE AND PUBLIC IMPACTS IN $1.8 MILLION FINE FOR BOAT GROUNDING Click on photo to view video (HONOLULU) –...

JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR DAWN CHANG CHAIRPERSON FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 26, 2024 OHANA KAYAK RENTALS FINED $35,000 FOR COMMERCIAL USE VIOLATIONS (HONOLULU) – The Board of Land and Natural Resources (BLNR) today fined Janell Jensen, dba Ohana Kayak Rentals,...

JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR DAWN CHANG CHAIRPERSON FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 23, 2024 STUDENT VIDEO CHALLENGE SHOWS IMPORTANCE OF HAWAIIAN FOREST BIRDS TO FUTURE GENERATIONS Click on photo to view video (HONOLULU) – Handmade bird puppets, lab scientist costumes, moʻolelo,...