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The state Board of Land and Natural Resources has deferred a $117,000 fine against the people responsible for damaging coral with their yacht on Maui last year. Testifiers urged the board to gather information from the public and increase the fine. HPR's Mark Ladao has more.
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About 43,000 acres of pasture land are set to move to the state Department of Agriculture. The state Department of Land and Natural Resources currently manages that land, but this week it agreed to move it to the agricultural department sometime this year.
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Those who don’t live in Hawaiʻi must pay $20 to $70, depending on the license length, to fish recreationally in state waters. Before the law was created, recreational licenses were not required for anyone. The state has said the licenses would provide stable funding for local marine fishery resources. HPR's Mark Ladao explains.
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Improvements to He‘eia Kea Small Boat Harbor include a new package wastewater treatment plant, electrical work, and more.
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The state Department of Land and Natural Resources' Division of Forestry and Wildlife is taking entries for its annual art contest until March 15.
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The state Department of Land and Natural Resources said the funding it could receive for wildfire mitigation and response would go “a long way” to ensuring it has sufficient resources.
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The state Board of Land and Natural Resources has given the go-ahead to use the 53-acre Olowalu landfill to store fire debris from the August wildfires. Maui County requested to use the landfill, which it argued would provide logistical benefits for debris cleanup.
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The move is 20 years in the making. A state law known as Act 90, which passed in 2003, allowed about 100,000 acres of Department of Land and Natural Resources farmland in pasture to move to the Department of Agriculture. But before this year, only 19,000 acres had been transferred. HPR's Mark Ladao has more.
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A first-of-its-kind hurricane shelter could be coming to Windward Oʻahu. A 5-acre plot in Hauʻula is the site of the proposed Koʻolauloa Resilience Community Hub. It would be able to withstand a Category 5 hurricane and provide critical resources — including shelter, food, water, medical services and internet — for up to 30 days during a disaster. HPR's Mark Ladao has more.
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There are only five native Hawaiian honeycreepers, known as ‘akikiki, left in the wild – and chances of saving them are slim. The biggest threat to the critically endangered bird is mosquito-borne diseases. Now, the Board of Land and Natural Resources is considering using bacteria to control mosquito populations. HPR’s Kuʻuwehi Hiraishi reports.