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MEDIA RELEASE The Department of Land and Natural Resources’ Hunter Education Program is updating its statewide registration process to better accommodate a recent surge in interested course participants “The Hawaii Hunter Education Program’s mission is to educate resource users to become responsible, conservation-minded, and safety conscious. Our goal is to ensure that Hunter Education classes [...]

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MEDIA RELEASE The state Department of Land and Natural Resources has announced that six new Hawaiian trees have been crowned as national champions in the American Forests’ Big Tree Program. The Big Tree Program is a nationwide competition to find the largest trees in the United States that are recognized as “champions” of their species. [...]

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MEDIA RELEASE The state Department of Land and Natural Resources is taking part in a “Hoala Loko Ia,” initiative with cultural practitioners in Hawaii to assist with the restoration and operation of traditional Hawaiian fishponds. “Hawaiian fishpond systems, loko ia, are some of Hawaii’s most significant traditional cultural resources,” said William J. Aila, Jr., DLNR [...]

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MEDIA RELEASE In an effort to better educate visitors and residents about proper marine wildlife viewing, the Department of Land and Natural Resources, along with Honua Consulting and more than 20 community partners, has created a series of video public service announcements about Hawaii’s marine resources. “We recognize the need to be proactive in managing [...]

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Starting Monday, April 8, 2013, the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) will begin repair work on the entry road to the Mahaiula section of Kekaha Kai State Park, necessitating weekday closures.

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MEDIA RELEASE The Department of Land and Natural Resources will hold statewide public hearings to receive testimony on proposed amendments to Hawaii Administrative Rules, Title 13, Subtitle 5, Part 2, Chapter 124, “Indigenous Wildlife, Endangered and Threatened Wildlife, and Introduced Wild Birds.” The primary purpose of the proposed amendments is to prohibit and deter the [...]

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MEDIA RELEASE The Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) Division of Forestry and Wildlife (DOFAW) has documented extensive defoliation of large sections of mature koa forest on Hawaii Island, which scientists believe is the result of a natural but sudden proliferation of a native moth. Koa trees in the Hilo and Hamakua regions, between [...]

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Starting Monday (Feb 11), the DLNR will begin paving repairs to the main parking areas at the Hapuna Beach State Recreation Area. Additional work will be completed at the Waialea section of the park. The project is expected to take 90 days to complete, or sooner.

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MEDIA RELEASE The Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has reported a juvenile monk seal flown by the U.S. Coast Guard from Hawaii Island to Oahu last Friday for medical treatment has died. A necropsy conducted by NOAA Fisheries revealed that the young male seal, known [...]

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Kaohe Game Management Area (GMA) is an archery unit for game mammals with no bag limit for sheep and goats. To increase public harvest efficiency of feral goats and sheep, DLNR’s Division of Forestry and Wildlife (DOFAW) is allowing the use of muzzleloaders for licensed hunters by permit.

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MEDIA RELEASE The Department of Land and Natural Resources invites the public to help Hawaii compete in American Forests’ National Big Tree Program. The Big Tree Program seeks the largest trees of their species in the United States – called National Champions. American Forests’ Fall 2012 National Register of Big Trees represents 780 National Champion [...]

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