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NR18-08 June 12, 2018 HONOLULU — A live snake was captured yesterday at Pier 32 at Honolulu Harbor near newly arrived vehicles on the dock. Plant Quarantine inspectors from the Hawaii Department of Agriculture (HDOA) picked up the snake at about 11:45 a.m. yesterday after a car dealership employee reported the snake which had already ...
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♦ Rat Lungworm PSA HDOA has a public service announcement (PSA) to inform residents about good food safety practices. View the PSA HDOA’s Commodities Branch has also produced PSAs on Food Safety and Good Agricultural Practices (GAP): Farmers and GAP Home Gardening Practices Everyone’s Role in Food Safety * * * * * * ...
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NR18-07 June 5, 2018 HONOLULU — A live snake was captured over the weekend in Hilo on the road next to the South Hilo Sanitary Landfill by county workers. Hawaii County Police contacted HDOA’s Plant Quarantine Branch (PQB) in Hilo Monday morning and inspectors picked up the snake, which has been tentatively identified as a ...
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Volcanic Eruption at Kilauea A series of volcanic eruptions and strong earthquakes due to activity on Kilauea volcano have struck Hawaii’s Big Island (Hawaii Island) starting around May 3, 2018. There is a risk of lava flows, toxic gas emissions such as sulfur dioxide and other components of “vog.” In addition, ash emissions from the ...
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Hawaii Board of Agriculture Approves Emergency Disaster Loan Program for Floods and Kilauea Eruption
NR18-06 May 29, 2018 HONOLULU – The Hawaii Board of Agriculture (Board) today approved parameters for emergency low-interest agricultural loans for farmers suffering damage due to the heavy rain and flooding on Kauai and Oahu in April and the current eruption phase at Kilauea volcano on Hawaii Island. The Board approved the emergency loan program ...
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Date June 8, 2026 Agenda March 3, 2026 Agenda Draft Minutes Jan. 27, 2026 Agenda Draft Minutes Nov. 18, 2025 Agenda Draft Minutes Oct. 28, 2025 Agenda Draft Minutes Aug. 12, 2025 Agenda Draft Minutes June 24, 2025 Agenda Draft Minutes April 8, 2025 Agenda Draft Minutes Feb. 4, 2025 Agenda Draft Minutes ...
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Date March 11, 2026 Agenda Submittals: Draft Minutes of Oct. 2, 2024 meeting Proposal to Cancel Special Local Needs (SLN) Label Attachment A – Special Local Needs Label HI250005 Attachment B – Code of Federal Regulations Title 40 CFR Part 162 Draft Minutes Video Recording Oct. 2, 2024 Agenda Submittals: Proposed amendment to list ...
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April 2, 2026 Advisory Committee on Plants and Animals Meeting Submittal: Request to Allow the Importation of Bison Agenda Video Recording February 27, 2026 Advisory Committee on Plants and Animals Meeting Submittals: Request for Interim Rule to restrict transport of CRB host material Request to collect Restricted List Animals Testimonies submitted Agenda ...
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The County of Kauai suffered severe rain and flooding between April 13 – 20, 2018. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Sonny Perdue, issued a Secretarial Disaster Designation allowing for federal disaster aid to help Kauai agricultural operations recover. To view the news release on this designation, click here. Financial Assistance for Kauai Flooding Disaster Hawaii Department ...
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