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Hunting, camping, watershed protection in plan for Maui’s new Kamehamenui State Forest Reserve in Upper Kula

The State of Hawaiʻi continues to work on a 10-year management plan for a 3,434-acre parcel of watershed conservation land in Upper Kula that was acquired five years ago from a private trust.

Crater Road Fire, a bird’s eye view: Stamping out hot spots in rough terrain

Lance DeSilva, Forest Management Supervisor, DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife said he hopes to get things settled down by Wednesday, “But we’ll stay out here as long as we have to,” he said.

Waihou Spring Forest Reserve and trail set to reopen April 1

Waihou Spring Forest Reserve and trail will reopen to residents and visitors on April 1, seven months after its emergency closure due to damage caused by the August 2023 wildfires and high winds.

State’s First Forest Carbon Offset Project Underway on Maui

The state is converting the carbon collected in trees along Maui’s leeward slopes of Haleakalā into offset credits for the state’s first-ever forest carbon sequestration program.