HONOLULU – At today’s Board of Land & Natural Resources meeting, a new rule (agenda item C-1) is being heard that would give the DLNR Chair the unilateral power to close hunting areas throughout the entire state, including those around Mauna Kea.
OHA has submitted testimony in OPPOSITION to the proposed rule citing “the closures of public hunting areas have the potential to severely impact constitutionally protected Native Hawaiian traditional & customary rights, the perpetuation of Native Hawaiian cultural values, as well as a major means of providing food for Native Hawaiian families & communities.”
OHA also has submitted testimony in OPPOSITION to proposed rule C-2 that would ban outdoor gear and restrict access to the mountain.
