#Patricia Godfrey

New Natural Area Reserve is closest to urban Honolulu

A roughly 300-acre parcel mauka (upland) of the Hawaiʻi Loa and Niu Valley subdivisions has been officially designated as a new Hawai‘i State Natural Area Reserve. Governor David Ige signed an Executive Order on Feb. 3, creating the Pia Valley NAR. 

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.