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MEDIA RELEASE Gov. Neil Abercrombie has asked the Public Land Development Corporation (PLDC) Board of Directors to temporarily defer action on pending rules while public concerns about the agency are fully considered and addressed. Additionally, the governor directed the state Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR), to which the PLDC is administratively attached, to […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR), the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), and NOAA Fisheries remind the community that sea turtles remain protected under State and Federal laws. In Hawaii, sea turtles are protected by the Hawaii Revised Statutes (Chapter 195D) and Hawaii Administrative Rules (13-124). Although Federal and […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The Department of Land and Natural Resources and NOAA Fisheries announced this week that since March 2012, NOAA Fisheries, DLNR, and partners have responded to five seal hooking incidents involving four individual Hawaiian monk seals. Three of these responses are still in progress. NOAA and DLNR would like to take this opportunity to […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The Department of Land and Natural Resources is reminding the public about safety prohibitions regarding New Year’s celebrations statewide. “We would like the public to enjoy the New Year’s holiday and asks that people understand for public safety and the protection of our natural and cultural resources that fireworks are prohibited in State […]

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