(BIVN) \u2013 The Deputy Director of the Hawai\u02bbi Department of Land and Natural Resources, Ryan Kanaka\u2018ole, will serve as acting chair and director of the department while Chair Dawn Chang is out on medical leave.<\/p>\n
Governor Josh Green announced the acting leadership designation earlier this week.<\/p>\n
\u201cJaime and I send our heartfelt aloha to Dawn and her \u02bbohana as she recovers,\u201d said Governor Green. \u201cDawn has been a dedicated steward of Hawai\u02bbi\u2019s lands, waters and wildlife and we wish her strength and a full recovery.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDLNR remains in good hands as Ryan Kanaka\u2018ole steps in as acting chair and director. He brings steady leadership and a deep commitment to m\u0101lama \u02bb\u0101ina and community,\u201d Governor Green added.<\/p>\n
The DLNR day-to-day operations will continue without interruption, the state reported. \u201cDLNR leadership, boards and commissions remain fully staffed and empowered to carry out their responsibilities,\u201d a news release stated. The Board of Land and Natural Resources (BLNR) and Commission on Water Resource Management (CWRM) will continue their scheduled meetings and hearings as planned.<\/p>\n
Acting Chair Kanaka\u02bbole was raised in Waiohinu, in the Ka\u02bb\u016b district of Hawai\u02bbi island. Prior to his work with the DLNR, Kanaka\u02bbole served as a deputy attorney general with the Department of the Attorney General, where he represented the Hawai\u02bbi Housing Finance and Development Corp. and the Mauna Kea Stewardship and Oversight Authority. From 2017 to 2023, he served as deputy attorney general for the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe look forward to welcoming Dawn back when she is ready,\u201d Governor Green said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(BIVN) \u2013 The Deputy Director of the Hawai\u02bbi Department of Land and Natural Resources, Ryan Kanaka\u2018ole, will serve…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":383185,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[192,79],"class_list":["post-383184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=383184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383184\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/383185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=383184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=383184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=383184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}