News Releases

DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES News Release DAVID Y. IGE GOVERNOR SUZANNE D. CASE  CHAIRPERSON For Immediate News Release: September 29, 2021 THE HUNT FOR RARE PLANTS SOMETIMES RESULTS IN MAJOR SURPRISES  Near Extinct Ferns on Kaua‘i Discovered  To...

DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES News Release DAVID Y. IGE GOVERNOR SUZANNE D. CASE  CHAIRPERSON For Immediate News Release: September 27, 2021 CLIFF DWELLERS OF KAUA‘I…and the people who hang with them!  To view video please click on photo...

DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES News Release DAVID Y. IGE GOVERNOR SUZANNE D. CASE  CHAIRPERSON For Immediate News Release: September 27, 2021 HAWAIIAN MONK SEAL MAKES “IMPRESSIVE” SWIM FROM KURE ATOLL TO O‘AHU  To view video please click on...

DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES News Release DAVID Y. IGE GOVERNOR SUZANNE D. CASE CHAIRPERSON For Immediate News Release: September 25, 2021 STATE PLEDGES ONE HUNDRED MILLION TREES TO BE CONSERVED, RESTORED, OR GROWN BY 2030  To view video...

DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES News Release DAVID Y. IGE GOVERNOR SUZANNE D. CASE  CHAIRPERSON For Immediate News Release: September 23, 2021 AMALA PLACE CLEANUP & CIP FUNDING KICK START RESTORATION IMPROVEMENTS AT KANAHĀ POND WILDLIFE SANCTUARY  To view...

DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES News Release DAVID Y. IGE GOVERNOR SUZANNE D. CASE  CHAIRPERSON For Immediate News Release: September 23, 2021 FEDERAL AND STATE OFFICIALS LOOKING INTO SIXTH 2021 MONK SEAL DEATH ON MOLOKA‘I  To view video please...

DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES News Release DAVID Y. IGE GOVERNOR SUZANNE D. CASE  CHAIRPERSON For Immediate News Release: September 22, 2021 LEGISLATORS TOUR STATE’S LARGEST FRESHWATER WETLAND  Kawainui Marsh State Wildlife Sanctuary sees progress in restoration efforts  (Kailua,...

DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES News Release DAVID Y. IGE GOVERNOR SUZANNE D. CASE  CHAIRPERSON For Immediate News Release: September 21, 2021 SECOND DAY OF MAJOR MAUI CLEAN-UP MOVES TO STATE WILDLIFE SANCTUARY  (Kahului, Maui) – As Maui County...

Numerous presentations and leaders from around the world at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Marseille, France emphasize the close connection between climate change mitigation and adaptation and biodiversity conservation. The win-win is nature-based solutions that address climate change and...

DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES News Release DAVID Y. IGE GOVERNOR SUZANNE D. CASE  CHAIRPERSON For Immediate News Release: September 8, 2021 MANA ROAD FIRE FIGHT WAS A COMMUNITY EFFORT  Interagency Cooperation & Support Highlighted  To view the video...