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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