#Hawaii DLNR

Gov. Josh Green on Friday proclaimed 2026 as the “Year of our Coastal Kuleana” at a proclamation signing ceremony.

The Pioneer Mill Company/Lahaina Ice Company Bookkeeper’s House in Lahaina, more recently dubbed the “Miracle House” after the August 2023 wildfires on Maui, has been added to the National Register of Historic Places.

A property owner within the boundaries of the proposed Kamehamenui Forest Reserve project in Kula shares thoughts about the state’s draft environmental assessment, concerning the management of 3,434 acres of state-acquired land.

The recent death of RS34, a two-year-old female Hawaiian monk seal known as Moana, was the result of paddle-out or drone-out fishing using a “jug rig” variant, according to wildlife officials. 

University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s Health and Stranding Lab scientists say they are concerned after three striped dolphins stranded on east Oʻahu shorelines over seven days and tested positive for Brucella ceti, a bacterial infection that can transfer from animals to humans.

University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s Health and Stranding Lab scientists say they are concerned after three striped dolphins stranded on east Oʻahu shorelines over seven days and tested positive for Brucella ceti, a bacterial infection that can transfer from animals to humans.

Four artists have been selected as the state of Hawaiʻiʻs Climate Artists in Residence, the Department of Land and Natural Resources announced Tuesday.

The Oceanic Institute of Hawaiʻi Pacific University marked a historic milestone last week by releasing over 300 aquacultured juvenile yellow tang (lauʻīpala) into the waters of Oʻahu. This initiative, carried out in collaboration with Georgia Aquarium and Disney’s Aulani Resort, represented the first documented release of fish in Hawaiʻi aimed specifically at ecosystem restoration rather than food production—a significant step toward preserving Hawaiʻi’s coral reefs.

US Congressman Ed Case’s (HI-01) US House Committee on Appropriations passed on Wednesday three more measures for the upcoming federal fiscal year (FY) 2025, commencing Oct. 1, 2024.

NOAA Fisheries and partners have relocated the female Hawaiian monk seal pup Paʻaki from busy Kaimana Beach, Waikīkī, to a more remote Oʻahu shoreline, the agency announced on Thursday.

Hawaiʻi Marine Animal Response announced on Wednesday the launch of the first full-time sea turtle emergency care and rehabilitation facility on Oʻahu.

The University of Hawaiʻi Maui College’s Student ʻOhana for Sustainability (SOS) club is partnering with Maui Huliau Foundation and Hulihia to host its annual Earth Day celebration on the campus Great Lawn and back parking lot on Monday, April 22 from 3 to 6 p.m.

Maui Huliau Foundation is partnering with several organizations to host free, hands-on career skills exploration events for Maui youth in marine science and native forest protection fields.

The Hawai‘i State Department of Land and Natural Resources held a community listening session on Moloka‘i, where residents addressed pressing concerns related to environmental preservation, water management, and the protection of the island’s coral reef.

The National Marine Sanctuary Foundation awarded over $2 million in grants to support coral restoration in the US Pacific Islands, including Hawaiʻi, American Sāmoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and Guam.

The DLNR Division of Aquatic Resources said they “believe that opening of all 12 of the BFRAs (four opened as of July 2019), will not adversely affect the overall sustainability of the Main Hawaiian Island Deep-7 fishery, and will be a benefit to local commercial and non-commercial bottom fishers.” 

Almost four years after Rapid ʻŌhiʻa Death was first detected in a lower-elevation forest in northeast Kaua’i, the fungus known to exclusively infect the native Hawaiian tree has been found in a dead ʻōhiʻa in the pristine wilderness area of the Alakaʻi at 4,100-feet elevation.

The DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife will begin issuing hunting licenses and stamps starting June 15, 2021 for the upcoming hunting season. The new season opens from July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022.

Governor David Ige is recruiting qualified and dedicated people who are interested in serving on the State Board of Land and Natural Resources. Currently, the designated Maui and O‘ahu land district seats are open. Applicants for these seats must be residents of Maui County and Honolulu County.

The DLNR Division of Aquatic Resources has taken emergency action in an effort to salvage highly valuable corals severely damaged in Honolulu Harbor’s channel. The damage took place two weeks ago and was caused by a dredging platform’s anchor and cable dragging over numerous coral colonies.