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Hiker who fell 1,000 feet while on vacation in Hawaiʻi, records cautionary PSA
The 34-year-old man made international headlines after surviving a 1,000-foot fall off the Ko‘olau Mountains and lay dazed and alone at the base of a waterfall for three days before he was rescued, according to the state Department of Land and Natural Resources. “All things considered,” is an understatement.
300 Acres of South O‘ahu Rainforest Donated for Conservation
Hawaiʻi DLNR’s Division of Forestry and Wildlife will manage a 300-acre parcel of the Pia Valley on O‘ahu after its landowner, Patricia Godrey donated a section of the rainforest for conservation.
First Detection of Rapid ‘Ōhi‘a Death on O‘ahu
The location of the infected tree is extremely remote and it is considered highly unlikely to have been spread by people. Rapid ʻŌhiʻa Death has now been detected on Hawai‘i Island, Maui, Kaua‘i and O‘ahu since the fungal disease was first discovered in 2014.
