DATE:      September 11, 2026     

TIME:        9:00 a.m.

PLACE:    DLNR Boardroom, Kalanimoku Bldg.

1151 Punchbowl Street, 1^st Floor / & Online via Zoom

Meeting ID:  873 2393 7549

ZOOM LINK:  https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87323937549

LIVE STREAM:  https://www.youtube.com/live/H4CJoYiAgJ0

This agenda and the listed submittals will be provided in the Board Packet. This meeting will be held using interactive conference technology under section 92-3.7, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS).  Board members, staff, applicants, testifiers, and the public can choose to participate in person, online via Zoom, or by telephone. The public may also view the live meeting via its live stream at: https://www.youtube.com/live/H4CJoYiAgJ0

To Provide Written Testimony

We encourage interested persons to submit written testimony in advance of the meeting, which will be distributed to Board members prior to the meeting and allow a timely review. Please submit written testimony via email to: blnr.testimony@hawaii.gov. Written testimonies can also be mailed to: P.O. Box 621, Honolulu, Hawaii 96809. Written testimonies may be posted upon the Board of Land and Natural Resources meeting website; as a precaution, please be mindful with any personal information prior to submitting unless you intend it to be shared. Late written testimony will be retained as part of the record and distributed to Board members as soon as practicable, but we cannot ensure the Board will receive it in sufficient time to review, prior to decision-making.

To Provide In-Person Oral Testimony (masks are highly encouraged)

Members of the public may attend and provide oral testimony in person at: 1151 Punchbowl St. Room 132 (Kalanimoku Building), Honolulu, Hawaii.

To Provide Testimony by Telephone

On the day of the meeting at the start of the agenda item you wish to testify on, dial 1-719-359-4580 (Zoom); input the meeting ID:  873 2393 7549 and follow the prompts.

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We kindly ask that all oral/video testimony be limited to not more than two (2) minutes. We ask that you identify yourself and any affiliation before speaking, but you can choose not to do so.

If you need an auxiliary aid/service or other accommodation due to a disability, please contact, BLNR Secretary, at 808.587.0404 or blnr.testimony@hawaii.gov as soon as possible. Requests made as early as possible have a greater likelihood of being fulfilled. Upon request, this agenda and other materials are available in alternate/accessible formats.

The Board may go into Executive Session pursuant to section 92-5(a)(4), HRS, to consult with its attorney on questions and issues pertaining to the Board's powers, duties, privileges, immunities, and liabilities.

In some of the matters before the Board, a person may wish to request a contested case hearing. If such a request is made before the Board's decision, then the Board will consider the request first - before considering the merits of the item before it. A person who wants a contested case may also wait until the Board decides the issue, then request the contested case after the decision but before the close of the board meeting. It is up to you. Any request must also be made in writing within ten calendar days. If no request for contested case is made, the Board will make a decision. The Department will treat the decision as final and proceed accordingly.

Agenda Item Legend

A – Minutes

B – Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement

C – Division of Forestry and Wildlife

D – Land Division

E – Division of State Parks

F – Division of Aquatic Resources

G – Bureau of Conveyances

H – Administration

I – State Historic Preservation Division

J – Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation

K – Office of Conservation and Coastal Lands

L – Engineering Division

Agenda Items not listed in the agenda below are intentionally omitted and items may be taken out of the order in which they appear.

NOTE:  Agenda Items may be taken out of order.

A.        MINUTES

1.    Approval of the August 28, 2026 Meeting Minutes.

C.        DIVISION OF FORESTRY AND WILDLIFE

1.    1. Request the approval of an acquisition of private lands at Koolau District, Island of Maui, Tax Map Key number (2) 1-2-001:002,

2. Upon closing, approve issuance of a Right-of-Entry to the Division of Forestry and Wildlife for management purposes,

3. Authorize the Division of Forestry and Wildlife to issue permits pursuant to Chapters 13-221, 13-104, 13-122, 13-123, 13-124, 13-126, and 13-209, Hawaii Administrative Rules,

and 

4. Authorize the Division of Forestry and Wildlife to conduct a public hearing on the Island of Maui for a proposed addition to the forest reserve system for Tax Map Key: (2) 1-2-001:002.

2.    Request to designate three existing forestry trails within Tax Map Keys (3) 6-2-001:031, (3) 6-2-001:093 and (3) 4-4-014:001 as Nā Ala Hele "program trails" within the Hawai’i Island Nā Ala Hele trail and access program inventory.

D.        LAND DIVISION

1.    Issuance of Right-of-Entry Permit to Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Forestry and Wildlife, on State Lands Encumbered by Land Office Deeds No. 27504 and 28360 situated at Kehena-Keekee, Puna, Hawaii, Tax Map Key: (3) 1-2-009:003 por.

2.    Issuance of Immediate Right-of-Entry Permit to the County of Kauaʻi for Construction and Management Purposes, Including Housing Purposes for the Kealaula Supportive Housing Project for Homeless Families, Over a Portion of Land Set Aside to the Division of Forestry and Wildlife Under Executive Order No. 4663, Nāwiliwili, Līhuʻe, Kauaʻi, Tax Map Key: (4) 3-8-005: Portion of 002.

3.    INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK

4.    INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK

5.    Consent to Assign Homestead Lease No. 73, Kanamu Gable Tau-a, Assignor, to Denver Keala Tau-a, Assignee, Keanae, Maui, Hawaii; Tax Map Key (2) 1-1-003:006 and 1-1-003:037.

6.    Grant of Perpetual, Non-Exclusive Easement to County of Hawaii for Bridge and Road Purposes with Issuance of an Immediate Right of Entry for Construction Management Purposes, Wailea, South Hilo, Hawaii, Portion of Kaahakini Stream between Kaiwiki Homestead Road and adjacent to Tax Map Key: (3) 2-9-003:011.

F.         DIVISION OF AQUATIC RESOURCES

1.    Request for Administrative Fines and Penalties against Brandon K. Carvalho, Kaipo J. Botehlo-Matthey, and Keaupililani J. Solomon-Lewis for Take of 4,068 ‘Opihi from within the Ka‘ūpūlehu Marine Reserve, in violation of Hawaii Administrative Rules § 13-60.4-5(d)(1), on September 18, 2025.