#proposed rule changes

‘Please continue to enjoy the zoo with free admission’

Hawaiʻi County Department of Parks and Recreation suspends plans to charge admission at Pana‘ewa Rainforest Zoo & Gardens in Hilo. Proposed changes to Pana‘ewa Equestrian Center also being put on hold for further review.

Hearing Set on Aquarium Fish Collecting Rule Changes

The proposed amendments would also ban taking of a variety of inshore sharks and rays, and two predators of crown-of-thorns starfish.