Mililani Highschool
Political
Environmental Laws that Affect Hawaii
The National Forest Management Act (NFMA) of 1976: United States federal law that governers the administation of national forests. Necessary because of a lawsuit known as Monogahela decision, had invalidated timber practices
Endangered Species Act: has the ability to stop development on federal, state, and private lands.
Politics
The DLNR and DOFAW are huge participants in environmental laws. They help to make, regulate, and enforce certain laws to protect the environment. The DLNR also offers many jobs for people who are interested in forestry and wildlife from being a hunter to even hiking and collecting data at different forests. The only problem is that the state doesn't have enough money to pay people to enforce laws, so laws are often broken which puts forests at risk of being destroyed.
