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Help shape Oʻahu's new park ranger program

Catherine Cruz
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HPR

The Honolulu Parks and Recreation Department wants your input to help shape its newly funded ranger program. What are the issues in your neighborhood park?

"The community's out there in the park every day. They're the ones that see what we're not seeing or what we might be missing. We want to give them this opportunity to really share with us what they're seeing so that we can fill in some of these gaps and then move forward from there," Park Ranger Manager Leina Diamond told The Conversation.

The survey will be open for three weeks until March 28.

"It kind of asks three things. One is the general usage of the parks. The other is what kind of illegal commercial activity, what their interactions have been with that. And then what kind of enforcement powers they would like to see with a park ranger program," department spokesperson Nate Serota said.

The department is keeping its options open as it researches how other park ranger programs operate across the country.

Right now the budget allows for five rangers, including Diamond.

"I think it's really important to note that this program right now is an assessment program. So we're looking at what options are available with a future for park rangers in the city parks," Serota said.

Click here to take the survey. Physical copies are also available at the DPS Permits Office in Honolulu or Kapolei Hale.

This interview aired on The Conversation on March 8, 2023. The Conversation airs weekdays at 11 a.m. on HPR-1.

Catherine Cruz is the host of The Conversation. Originally from Guam, she spent more than 30 years at KITV, covering beats from government to education. Contact her at ccruz@hawaiipublicradio.org.
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