If you are looking for tough, resilient and useful plants to develop a new landscape or enhance an established one, consider the first introductions by the Polynesians. Then look forward to other introductions by each culture and ethnic group to make our islands their home.
There is danger in paradise! Tourists and visitors on Hawaii that had recently visited the Volcano National Park got a taste of restrictions in place due to a dangerous lava flow on that part of the Island of Hawaii.
On June 27 the Big Island was confronted by lava flow threatening communities on the Hawaii Island. After the Hawaii County mayor declared an emergency yesterday, the Governor of the State of Hawaii today stepped in and issued the following proclamation in anticipation of lava flow crossing highway 130. On Wednesday the lava flow front emerged again from a ground crack and continued to advance eastward.
Unit F – Pu‘u Wa‘awa‘a Forest Reserve
All gates must be closed. Paddocks where cattle are present will be closed to hunting.
Private Lands
Bag Limits and Tags
three bearded turkeys per hunter with a season bag limit of
three. All hunters are required to have a current unused turkey tag in their possession while hunting. Tags are currently $5/tag for residents and $20/tag for non-residents. Turkey tags are nontransferable and must be fastened with snaps and secured tightly around the neck or tarsus of any bird taken immediately after the kill. Tags may be purchased by mail and at a few commercial vendors. To purchase tags by mail, hunters must send a copy of their 2021 State of Hawai‘i hunting license with game bird stamp, a money order payable to the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR), and a self-addressed stamped envelope to 66-1220 A Lalamilo Road, Kamuela, HI 96743. Please allow for a two-week turn around to receive tags. Turkey tags are also r