State of Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources

Nēnē are on the road to recovery, but they still need our help. Nēnē Awareness Day reminds us to be considerate towards nēnē.

ʻAlalā (Hawaiian crow) is endemic to Hawaiʻi Island, but has been extinct in the wild since 2002. While attempts to establish ʻalalā populations back on Hawaiʻi Island have taken place in the past, they have been largely unsuccessful. This environmental assessment and finding of no significant...

The Hawaiʻi Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) are one step closer to protecting forest birds from mosquito-borne diseases in key high-elevation native forest bird habitat on Kauaʻi, with their proposal to employ Incompatible Insect Technique...

Sea turtle nesting season has begun and federal and state agencies are asking the people of Hawaiʻi to lookout for honu (Hawaiian green), honuʻea (Hawaiian hawksbill), and olive ridley turtles during the 2023 sea turtle nesting season. The people of Hawaiʻi can help by reporting any observations of...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the State of Hawaiʻi Department of Health and the Department of Land and Natural Resources are seeking public comments on a draft restoration plan addendum and supplemental environmental assessment that will...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it will receive $7.5 million to help protect threatened and endangered Hawaiian forest birds from extinction. Hawaii’s forest birds face a myriad of threats including avian malaria, a disease that is transmitted by invasive mosquitoes. The funding...

Sea turtle nesting season has begun across the state of Hawaiʻi. Honu (green sea turtle), honuʻea (Hawaiian hawksbill), and olive ridley turtles are nesting season begins mid-April and can last until September, and even as long as December. Federal and state agencies are asking for the publics help...