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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.
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Cutting down trees on your property may not be a wise fire prevention strategy — in fact, the opposite may be true. The state Department of Land and Natural Resources is urging residents to keep as many trees as possible to preserve moisture and shade in neighborhoods.
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Hawaiʻi officials have declared October as "Stop the Ant Month," an initiative to help manage one of the state's invasive species: the Little Fire Ant. The public can pick up a free ant-catching kit or create their own trap to then send in for inspection.
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Each year, the state gives a portion of its revenue from real estate conveyance taxes to the Land Conservation Fund. Through the competitive grant process, community organizations can apply for a piece of this funding to purchase land that protects threatened or endangered resources.