Hawai`i Natural Area Reserves System

For more information about the NARS, please contact the following: 

Native Resources Section
Randall Kennedy, Native Resources and NARS Program Manager
Division of Forestry and Wildlife,
Department of Land and Natural Resources
1151 Punchbowl Street, Suite 224
Honolulu, Hawai‘i 96813
(808) 587-0054
Randall_W_Kennedy@exec.state.hi.us 

Natural Area Reserves System Commission
Division of Forestry and Wildlife, DLNR
Betsy Harrison Gagne, Public Education Specialist
1151 Punchbowl Street, Suite 325
Honolulu, Hawai‘i 96813
(808) 587-0054
Betsy_H_Gagne@exec.state.hi.us 

Public Education
Division of Forestry and Wildlife, DLNR
Jolie Wanger, Executive Secretary, NARS Commission
1151 Punchbowl Street, Suite 325
Honolulu, Hawai‘i 96813
(808) 587-0054
jolie@dofaw.net

Kaua‘i District NARS
Galen Kawakami, Kaua‘i NARS Manager
Division of Forestry and Wildlife, DLNR
3060 ‘Eïwa Street, Suite 306
Lïhu‘e, Hawai‘i 96766
(808) 274-3433

O‘ahu District NARS
Brent Liesemeyer, O‘ahu NARS Manager
Division of Forestry and Wildlife, DLNR
2135 Makiki Heights Drive
Honolulu, Hawai‘i 96822
(808) 973-9783
brentl@hgea.org 

Maui District NARS
Bill Evanson, Maui NARS Manager
Division of Forestry and Wildlife, DLNR
685 Haleakalä Highway
Kahului, Hawai‘i 96732
(808) 873-3506
ma_nars@aloha.net 

Hawai‘i District NARS
Lisa Hadway, Hawai‘i NARS Manager
Division of Forestry and Wildlife, DLNR
19 East Kawili Street
Hilo, Hawai‘i 96720
(808) 974-4221
lhadway@dofawha.org

Background Materials & Websites

Strategic Plan for Hawai‘i’s Natural Area Reserves System, NARS Commission, Department of Land and Natural Resources, and The Nature Conservancy of Hawai‘i, November 1987

Biological Overview of Hawai‘i’s Natural Area Reserves System, Hawai‘i Heritage Program, December 1987

Biological Resources and Management Priorities Summary Report, Hawai‘i Heritage Program and Division of Forestry and Wildlife, December 1989

State of Hawai‘i Natural Area Reserves System Hawaiian Wildlife and Natural Area Protection Program, The Nature Conservancy of Hawai‘i, 1990

Report & Recommendations of the Natural Areas Working Group (NAWG), Natural Areas Working Group, Division of Forestry and Wildlife Hawai‘i District, March 1995

Facilitating Collaborative Planning in Hawai‘i’s Natural Area Reserves, Asia Forest Network Research Network Report No. 8, Cynthia Josayma, et al., December 1996

Management Policies of the Natural Area Reserves System, NARS Commission, Division of Forestry and Wildlife, May 1997

Report to the Twenty First Legislature State of Hawai‘i Regular Session of 2001 Regarding Potential Sources of Permanent Dedicated Funding and Funding and Staffing Needs of the Hawai‘i Natural Area Reserves System, NARS Funding Working Group, Division of Forestry and Wildlife, November 2000

Annual Reports to the Legislature Natural Area Reserves System and Natural Area Partnership Program, Division of Forestry and Wildlife, Department of Land and Natural Resources, annual

Natural resource inventories and management plans for each of the Natural Area Reserves, Division of Forestry and Wildlife, dates vary

Hawai‘i Revised Statutes Chapter 195, NARS and Department of Land and Natural Resources Administrative Rules Title 13, Subtitle 9, Chapters 208 and 209, NARS and NARS Commission

Environment Hawai‘i
Volume 10, Number 5 November 1999
Volume 11, Number 1 July 2000
Volume 11, Number 9 March 2001
Volume 13, Number 9 March 2003
Volume 13, Number 10 April 2003
Volume 14, Number 1 July 2003

http://www.dofaw.net/nars/index.php

http://www.environment-hawaii.org