Past News & Announcements
Browse past commission updates, meeting materials, newsletters, announcements, reports, and media coverage by year.
2025
- 12/24/2025Approved proclamation for the 50th Anniversary of the Protect Kahoʻolawe ʻOhana (PKO). Download proclamation (PDF)
- 12/16/2025View December 23, 2025 meeting agenda (HTML)
- 11/26/2025View amended December 4, 2025 meeting agenda (HTML)
- 11/26/2025Download December 4, 2025 meeting agenda (PDF)
- 10/03/2025Read Spring 2025 newsletter
- 09/30/2025Download August 21, 2025 draft minutes (PDF)
- 08/14/2025View amended August 21, 2025 meeting agenda (HTML)
- 08/13/2025Download August 21, 2025 meeting agenda (PDF)
- 06/24/2025Download Blue Park Award press release (PDF)
- 04/03/2025Download February 26, 2025 draft minutes (PDF)
- 04/02/2025Read Fall 2024 newsletter
- 02/21/2025View amended February 26, 2025 meeting agenda (HTML)
- 02/19/2025Download February 26, 2025 meeting agenda (PDF)
- 01/09/2025Download FY2024 Year in Review and KIRC overview (PDF)
2024
- 11/20/2024Read Summer 2024 newsletter (PDF)
- 11/01/2024Download September 24, 2024 draft minutes (PDF)
- 10/04/2024Honu nesting site announcement. Download honu press release (PDF)
- 09/19/2024View amended September 24, 2024 meeting agenda (HTML)
- 09/17/2024Download September 24, 2024 meeting agenda (PDF)
- 06/21/2024View amended June 26, 2024 meeting agenda (HTML)
- 06/19/2024Download June 26, 2024 meeting agenda (PDF)
- 05/31/2024Download April 24, 2024 draft minutes (PDF)
- 04/19/2024View amended April 24, 2024 meeting agenda (HTML)
- 04/18/2024Download amended April 24, 2024 meeting agenda (PDF)
- 02/15/2024View February 26, 2024 meeting agenda (HTML)
2023
- 12/14/2023The December 15, 2023 commission meeting was cancelled.
- 12/07/2023Download cancelled December 15, 2023 meeting agenda (PDF)
- 08/03/2023Download June 26, 2023 draft minutes (PDF)
- 06/26/2023Download February 27, 2023 approved minutes (PDF)
- 06/19/2023View June 26, 2023 meeting agenda (HTML)
- 02/27/2023View February 27, 2023 meeting agenda (HTML)
2022
- 12/12/2022Download November 9, 2022 draft minutes (PDF)
- 11/29/2022December 2022 permitted trolling dates announced.
- 11/02/2022View November 9, 2022 meeting agenda (HTML)
- 08/08/2022Download July 1, 2022 draft minutes (PDF)
- 06/30/2022Read Spring 2022 newsletter
- 06/28/2022View July 1, 2022 meeting agenda (HTML)
- 04/01/2022Download February 24, 2022 draft minutes (PDF)
- 02/25/2022Download December 13, 2021 approved minutes (PDF)
- 02/17/2022View February 24, 2022 meeting agenda (HTML)
2021
- 12/06/2021View December 13, 2021 meeting agenda (HTML)
- 11/17/2021View FY2021 Trust Fund Report
- 08/31/2021Read Summer 2021 newsletter
- 08/04/2021Download June 28, 2021 draft minutes (PDF)
- 06/21/2021View June 28, 2021 meeting agenda (HTML)
- 06/09/2021Download April 30, 2021 draft minutes (PDF)
- 05/24/2021Vox video feature. Watch “How Native Hawaiians fought the US Navy, and won”
- 05/21/2021Download September 21, 2020 meeting minutes (PDF)
- 04/22/2021View April 30, 2021 meeting agenda (HTML)
- 02/25/2021Download FY2020 Year in Review (PDF)
- 01/07/2021Read Winter 2020 newsletter
2020
- 12/11/2020View September 21, 2020 draft minutes
- 12/03/2020Watch aerial video of Kahoʻolawe at 17,000 feet
- 09/23/2020Watch September 21, 2020 commission meeting recording
- 09/14/2020View September 21, 2020 meeting agenda (HTML)
- 09/01/2020Read Summer 2020 newsletter
- 03/06/2020Download FY2019 Year in Review (PDF)
2019
- 11/14/2019View November 21, 2019 meeting agenda (HTML)
- 09/09/2019Download August 1, 2019 draft minutes (PDF)
- 08/30/2019Read July 2019 newsletter
- 06/06/2019View June 13, 2019 meeting agenda (HTML)
- 05/22/2019Watch “The Heart and Soul of Hawaiʻi” video
- 03/28/2019Download FY2018 Year in Review (PDF)
2018
- 11/20/2018View November 29, 2018 meeting agenda (HTML)
- 10/23/2018Read our August 2018 newsletter
- 08/02/2018Download June 5, 2018 draft minutes (PDF)
- 05/22/2018View June 5, 2018 meeting agenda (HTML)
- 04/12/2018Read our April 2018 newsletter
- 03/05/2018Watch “Reclaiming Kahoʻolawe” playlist
- 02/27/2018Read “The heartache and healing on Kahoʻolawe”
- 02/26/2018Read “Imagining a future for Kahoʻolawe by reclaiming its past”
- 01/17/2018Download final Biosecurity Plan (PDF)
- 01/15/2018Download FY2017 Year in Review (PDF)
- 01/01/2018Read annual appeal and 8 ways to get involved
- 12/11/2017Download December 19, 2017 meeting agenda (PDF)
- 09/20/2017Read “Kahoʻolawe huakaʻi deeply impacts KS M.Ed. candidates”
2017
- 10/31/2017Read Maui News article on watershed restoration study (PDF)
- 10/04/2017Read october 2017 newsletter
- 08/09/2017Read “The race to save Kahoʻolawe's sacred stone”
- 07/30/2017Read “To Honor the Sacred”
- 07/08/2017Read Maui News article on hoary bats on Kahoʻolawe
- 06/27/2017Read Maui Time article on climate change and restoration
- 06/22/2017Download June 26, 2017 meeting agenda (PDF)
- 03/28/2017Download April 4, 2017 meeting agenda (PDF)
- 03/28/2017State budget bill update. Read alert and testify now
- 03/22/2017Work with KIRC event. View Maui Ocean Center event details
- 02/22/2017Action alert. Read testimony alert for Kahoʻolawe
- 02/10/2017Read Maui News article on Kahoʻolawe funding (PDF)
- 02/08/2017Listen to Bytemarks Cafe episode on the Kahoʻolawe Island Guide app
- 02/08/2017Action alert. Read hearings begin alert
- 02/08/2017Download FY2016 Year in Review (PDF)
- 02/08/2017Download February 16, 2017 meeting agenda (PDF)
- 01/27/2017Read 4 ways to get involved right now
2016
- 10/21/2016KIRC press release. Read “Kahoʻolawe: 26 Years Bomb-Free Today”
- 10/26/2016Aloha Kahoʻolawe update. Join today
- 10/11/2016KIRC press release. Read “Kahoʻolawe: 26 Years Bomb-Free Today”
- 10/11/2016Read Maui Time article on the new Kahoʻolawe Living Library
- 10/07/2016Read Research Buzz article on the Kahoʻolawe digital archive
- 10/07/2016Read Maui Now article on the virtual museum launch
- 10/07/2016Read Civil Beat photo feature on Kahoʻolawe
- 08/15/2016Read Stuart H. Coleman’s “Kahoʻolawe”
- 08/02/2016Read Summer 2016 newsletter
- 06/18/2016Read Maui News article on additional funds for Kahoʻolawe (PDF)
- 06/17/2016Read Governor’s news release on restoration funding
- 05/31/2016Download March 22, 2016 meeting minutes (PDF)
- 05/10/2016Download May 16, 2016 meeting agenda (PDF)
- 04/21/2016Read Star-Advertiser article on restoration funding
- 04/28/2016Read KITV article on Kahoʻolawe funding approval
- 04/23/2016Read article on KIRC trust fund challenges
- 04/12/2016Watch KITV story on restoration funding
- 04/08/2016Listen to Hawaii Public Radio’s Aloha Kahoʻolawe update
- 04/05/2016Read Maui News bill update (PDF)
- 03/24/2016View Culture, Ocean, and Restoration program updates
- 03/24/2016Download January 12, 2016 meeting minutes (PDF)
- 03/11/2016Download March 22, 2016 meeting agenda (PDF)
- 02/08/2016View hearings notice for HB2024 and HB2025
- 01/15/2016View Culture, Ocean, and Restoration updates for October–November 2015
- 01/15/2016Download October 15, 2015 meeting minutes (PDF)
- 01/06/2016Download January 12, 2016 meeting agenda (PDF)
2015
- 12/30/2015Read “Ian Lind: Kahoʻolawe 40 Years Later” (PDF)
- 12/01/2015Read November 2015 newsletter
- 11/04/2015Read “Kahoʻolawe’s Legacy” (PDF)