News Releases

JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR DAWN CHANG CHAIRPERSON INVASIVE INSECT TARGETING NAIO PLANTS DETECTED ON KAUAʻI Seeking help from residents as multi-agency response launches LĪHUʻE, Kauaʻi – Myoporum thrips, invasive insects that attacks native naio plants (Myoporum spp.), have been detected...

JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR DAWN CHANG CHAIRPERSON CLIMATE COMMISSION INVITES COMMUNITY TO RESOURCE FAIR AND FILM EVENT HONOLULU – Residents are invited to a Community Resource Fair and Film Event on Thursday, August 28, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m....

JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR DAWN CHANG CHAIRPERSON KUNIA CAMP FIRE RESPONSE UPDATE FOR O‘AHU HONOLULU – The DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife (DOFAW) is working with the Honolulu Fire Department and Hawai‘i National Guard to contain a wildfire burning...

JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR DAWN CHANG CHAIRPERSON GROUNDED VESSEL REMOVED FROM KEWALO BASIN HONOLULU – The Discovery, a 75-foot passenger vessel that ran aground on August 9, has been removed from the Kewalo Basin seawall where it had been secured....

JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR DAWN CHANG CHAIRPERSON DLNR URGES CAUTION NEAR LAVA LANDS IN COASTAL AREAS ON HAWAIʻI ISLAND Click on photo to view video HILO, Hawaiʻi – Newly formed lands from the 2018 Kīlauea volcano lava flows, known as...

JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR DAWN CHANG CHAIRPERSON LEGACY LAND CONSERVATION PROGRAM INVITES APPLICATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026 LAND ACQUISITION GRANTS HONOLULU – The DLNR Legacy Land Conservation Program (LLCP) invites grant applications from state and county agencies and nonprofit land...

JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR DAWN CHANG CHAIRPERSON HAWAIʻI ISLAND RESERVES TO TEMPORARILY CLOSE IN AUGUST FOR ANIMAL CONTROL ACTIVITIES Feral Ungulate Control Planned to Protect Endangered Palila Habitat HILO, Hawaiʻi — Animal control operations will be targeting feral goats, feral sheep...

JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR DAWN CHANG CHAIRPERSON HELP GUIDE HAWAIʻI’S CLIMATE FUTURE HONOLULU – Global climate change poses significant challenges to Hawai‘i’s communities, natural resources and economy with rising sea levels, higher temperatures and increased wildfire, flood and drought risk....

JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR DAWN CHANG CHAIRPERSON IT’S SEA TURTLE NESTING SEASON – HELP PROTECT HATCHLINGS THIS SUMMER [caption id="attachment_35445" align="alignnone" width="588"] Click on photo to view video[/caption]   HONOLULU – Sea turtle nesting in Hawaiʻi is well underway, with...

JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR DAWN CHANG CHAIRPERSON STATE PARKS AND HARBORS REOPEN AFTER TSUNAMI EVENT HONOLULU – This morning, officials at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center called off the tsunami advisory for the state of Hawaiʻi. As of 9 a.m.,...