#Kahaualea

The Kahaualeʻa Natural Area Reserve in Puna is closed for 90 days due to a shift in eruptive activity at Kīlauea Volcano, according to the state Department of Land and Natural Resources Division of Forestry and Wildlife. The closure, effective immediately, may be extended if hazardous conditions continue.

Two guides were arrested for allegedly leading illegal lava viewing tours into the Wao Kele O Puna Forest and Kahaualea Natural Area Reserves.

The state is proposing the designation of 261 acres of land at Ilio Point on Molokai as a Natural Area Reserve.  The recommendation is meant to provide increased protection and heightened management for 23 native plants species, and rare species of seabirds and marine mammals. The state is also requesting similar designation for 5,975 acres […]