#Forest Restoration
Hawai‘i set to receive more than $9M for forest restoration projects
The Hawai‘i Department of Land and Natural Resources’ Division of Forestry and Wildlife will receive $4.9 million for forest restoration work in areas with high values for carbon sequestration and the highest potential to provide habitat for rare species. The project seeks to plant 80,000 native trees and remove invasive weeds from 1,200 acres.
Public input sought about adding 100 land parcels to Hawaiʻi nature reserve systems
The Hawaiʻi State Department of Land and Natural Resources is seeking comments on a proposal to protect nearly 100 unencumbered state land parcels across Hawai’i as part of the State Forest Reserves, Natural Area Reserves and Wildlife Sanctuaries systems.
$5 M Earmarked for Hawai‘i to Combat Climate Change, Restore Forests, Support Endangered Species
The State will work will work with private landowners to plant 210,000 native trees and remove priority invasive plants from 1,650 acres, many of which are highly flammable and intensify wildfires.
Have Dinner, Learn about Maui’s Once-Majestic Leeward Forests
The Leeward Haleakalā Watershed Restoration Partnership (LHWRP) is inviting you to a four-course dinner at 6 p.m. on Friday, September 18 in Wailuku, to help support the coalition. Staff will be on hand to talk about LHWRP’s forest conservation work and project sites.
Funding Considered for Kahikinui Watershed Protection and Haleakala Koa Forest Restoration
By Wendy Osher The state will consider the expenditure of more than $1 million in federal funds for six landowner incentive program projects across Hawaii. Nearly half of the funding would go to Tri-Isle Resource Conservation & Development Inc. for watershed forest protection at Kahikinui, Maui. The allocation would be used to protect an estimated […]
