UPDATE: The aerial treatment on April 20, has been postponed due to high-wind forecast conditions. JOINT NEWS RELEASE HAWAI`I DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES April 18, 2022 HONOLULU – A multi-agency effort to eradicate a coqui frog infestation in a remote mountain area of Waimanalo will use aerial application of a ...
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UPDATE: The video recording of the April 18, 2022 meeting on Molokai is available on HDOA’s YouTube channel at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtIvlMCJYJY NR22-03 April 8, 2022 HONOLULU – The Hawai`i Department of Agriculture (HDOA) issued a quarantine order today to restrict the movement of all ungulates, except horses on Moloka`i due to detections of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) ...
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NR22-02 March 24, 2022 The Hawai`i Department of Agriculture (HDOA) is administering a federal Seafood Processors Pandemic Response and Safety Block Grant Program. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) program is designed to provide relief to seafood processors who incurred costs due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “Like many of Hawai`i’s industries, the seafood industry has had ...
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NR22-01 March 8, 2022 HONOLULU – The Hawai`i Department of Agriculture (HDOA) has released an update to the 2020 Agricultural Land Use Baseline Study which summarizes agricultural land use in the state. The newly released study adds new agricultural land use data for Maui County and now completes the 2020 baseline report. The first 2020 ...
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State Veterinarian, Dr. Isaac Maeda, comments on COVID-19 in animals in the March 3rd issue of the Department of Health’s COVID-19 Community Bulletin. As of publication, there have been no confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Hawaii pets. However, two lions at the Honolulu Zoo did contract the virus and one died. View the community bulletin ...
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CANCELLATION OF PUBLIC NOTICE OF NEGOTIATION FOR LEASE OF VARIOUS NON-AGRICULTURAL PARK LAND ISLAND OF MAUI This public notice published on NOVEMBER 27, 2021, in the Maui News for seven (7) State of Hawaii agricultural parcels for lease, is hereby cancelled, pursuant to the rights reserved by the Hawaii Department of Agriculture (HDOA). By Phyllis Shimabukuro-Geiser, ...
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The Hawaii Department of Agriculture has released the 2020 Update to the Hawaiʻi Statewide Agricultural Land Use Baseline. Both the 2015 Baseline Report and the Update may be found at: https://hdoa.hawaii.gov/salub/
Updated Feb. 1, 2022 UPDATE – 10% Mandatory Water Conservation Kahuku Irrigation System In accordance with §4-157-4, Hawaii Administrative Rules, the administrator-chief engineer has deemed that special conservation measures continue to be necessary to address a water shortage emergency. Effective February 1, 2022, however, the Kahuku Irrigation System shall reduce the conservation measures from a ...
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Report on Compost Reimbursement Program Report on Non-General Fund Information Act 100, SLH 1999 – Annual Report Act 178, SLH 2002 – New Administratively Established Appropriations Report Act 236, SLH 2008 – Annual Report on the Biosecurity Program Act 233, SLH 2008 – Report on the State’s Progress Toward Meeting the Milestones and Objectives of ...
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NR21-21 Dec. 28, 2021 HONOLULU – A live mongoose was caught on Kaua`i this morning at Nawiliwili Harbor. Mongooses are not established on Kaua`i and efforts are ongoing to prevent it from becoming established on the island. Yesterday morning, the Hawai`i Department of Transportation – Harbors Division, reported the sighting of a mongoose at the ...
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