Message from Stewardship Program

The Hawaii State Forest Stewardship (FS) Program provides technical and financial assistance to private landowners committed to the stewardship, conservation and enhancement of important forest resources that provide a variety of private and public benefits. This assistance enables private landowners to develop and implement long-term multi-resource management plans to restore and maintain primary forest values including timber productivity, watershed productivity, wildlife habitat availability, non-timber forest product diversity, recreational opportunities and native forest resources. The Program became effective in July 1991 through act 327 as enacted by the 1991 State Legislature. Annual funding is provided by the Conveyance Tax pursuant to Act 195, SLH 1993, Section 247-7, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

State Forestland Statistics:

• Total forested acres = 1,700,298
• Privately owned = 1,061,000
• Industry = 78,000
• Government = 639,298

Stewardship in Hawaii:

• Number of stewardship plans = 43
• Acres covered by stewardship plans = 7,186

Links:

• Hawaii Division of Forestry and Wildlife
• Conservation Hawaii
• EPA: Global Warming Impacts on Hawaii
• Hawaii Agricultural Research Center (HARC), Forestry Research
• The Nature Conservancy, Hawaii Chapter
• Western Forestry Leadership Coalition
• The Hawaii Forest Industry Association
• Na Ala Hele

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