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Use of Monk Seal Bait Sparks Debate Over Permit to Cull Sharks in NWHI “There’s a big difference between taking an action to kill versus using the flesh of an animal already dead,” said at-large Board of Land and Natural … Continued
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DLNR Proposes Strict Size, Bag Limits On Fish Catches Around Maui, Lana`i On June 12, the state Board of Land and Natural Resources approved a request by the state Division of Aquatic Resources to hold public hearings on some rather … Continued
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Land Board Finds Three Kayak Vendors Guilty of Illegal Use of Maui Beaches After years of lax enforcement, the state Department of Land and Natural Resources’ Land Division has begun cracking down on commercial tour companies on Maui that use … Continued
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DLNR to Create Trust Fund For Coral Reef Restoration “We need it yesterday,” Department of Land and Natural Resources director William Aila said of the proposed new scheme to help his department restore damaged reefs and bill those responsible. During … Continued
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Land Board Fines Another Maui Kayak Tour Company Paul Noble offered every argument he could to justify his kayak tour company’s use of the state’s Olowalu Beach Reserve on Maui: Some nameless Department of Land and Natural Resources employee on … Continued
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Enforcement Sting Nets First Violator Under New Permit System at Kealakekua The Department of Land and Natural Resources wanted to send a message: It is done messing around when it comes to prosecuting illegal kayak vendors at Kealakekua Bay … Continued
Land Board Shuns Ranch’s Offer to Privatize Haleakala Bridle Trail
More than a decade ago, the state Department of Land and Natural Resources asked Haleakala Ranch Company for permission to access the ranch’s Makawao lands so it could determine the route of a historic, public trail to Haleakala, known as … Continued
Board Talk: Second Kahuku Wind Farm Gets Approval
On December 13, the state Board of Land and Natural Resources approved the general form of a development agreement for a wind farm that Na Pua Makani Power Partners, LLC, plans to construct on 232 acres of agricultural land in … Continued