(Hanapēpē, Kaua‘i) – The Kaua‘i Forest Bird Recovery Project (KFBRP) is holding its annual Hawaiian blessing for the 2023 field season, which for at least two species of Hawaiian honeycreepers ...
Read More DLNR News Release-Blessing Marks Critical Field Season for Kauai Forest Birds
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(Lehua Islet) – After being declared rat-free in 2021, restoration and monitoring efforts continue on Lehua Islet (Lehua), a small, uninhabited island off the west coast of Kauaʻi. Monitoring of ...
Read More DLNR NEWS RELEASE – LEHUA ISLAND RESTORATION CONTINUES WITH SEABIRD SOCIAL ATTRACTION PROJECTS
(KAHULUI) – A female nēnē was struck and killed by a passenger truck on Haleakalā Highway near the Dairy Road/Keolani Place junction in Kahului last Tuesday. This outcome has become ...
Read More DLNR News Release – PEOPLE-CAUSING NĒNĒ DEATHS
HONOLULU, HI ̶ Governor Josh Green, M.D. today cleared a path toward expedited resolution of Hawaiʻi’s homelessness crisis that threatens the health, safety, security and well-being of our community, by ...
Read More Office of the Governor – News Release – Gov. Green issues emergency proclamation addressing homelessness
(Pu‘u Maka‘ala Natural Area Reserve, Hawai‘i Island) – Native hawaiian honeycreepers face multiple threats from predation, habitat loss, and disease. Their declining populations contribute to Hawaiiʻs unfortunate reputation as the ...
Read More DLNR News Release-Forest Restoration Giving Native Birds a Fighting Chance
HONOLULU — The Hawai‘i State Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism (DBEDT) today announced that the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for December was 3.2 percent, compared to 3.3 percent ...
Read More NEWS RELEASE: HAWAII’S DECEMBER UNEMPLOYMENT RATE AT 3.2 PERCENT
(Peacock Flats Road, O‘ahu) – The ranks of the DLNR Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement (DOCARE) will expand by 50% in mid-March, when 42 recruits will be commissioned as ...
Read More DLNR News Release: HAWAI‘I SET TO SEE 42 NEW CONSERVATION RESOURCE OFFICERS
(Kahului, Maui) – A random act, actually continued acts of kindness, is bringing to light the Aloha spirit demonstrated by a long-time state parks worker. When an elderly couple became ...
Read More DLNR News Release: STRANDED ELDERY COUPLE SINGLES OUT VETERAN STATE PARKS CARETAKER FOR EXTRAORDINARY HELP
HONOLULU, HI ̶ Governor Josh Green, M.D. has ordered that United States flag and the Hawaiʻi state flag be flown at half-staff at the Hawaiʻi State Capitol and at all ...
Read More Office of the Governor – News Release – Governor Green lowers flags for Princess Kawananakoa Funeral Services
HONOLULU, HI – Governor Josh Green, M.D., has accepted an FY 2023 Compact Impact grant of $15,798,564 from the U.S. Department of the Interior Assistant Secretary for Insular and International ...
Read More Office of the Governor – News Release – Governor Green accepts .8M Federal Dollars