Forest Resource Summary

lands occur on all islands except Ni‘ihau and Lāna‘i, which are privately owned. Approximately 1.4 million acres of the state are considered forested. Non-forested areas include urban and agricultural areas, recent lava flows, and high elevation sites on Mauna Ke‘a and Mauna Loa on Hawai‘i and Haleakalā on Maui. The State of Hawai‘i Division of Forestry and Wildlife (DOFAW) manages 1,155,900 acres including 643,134 acres in forest reserves and 109,164 acres in the state’s Natural Area Reserve System (NARS), which was created to preserve unique native Hawaiian ecosystems. Hawaii’s state forest acreage ranks as the 11th largest in the nation. Federal lands account for 671,600 acres and are managed by the Department of Defense, National Park Service, and US Fish and Wildlife Service. The National Park Service is the largest federal landowner managing 365,000 acres. Although there are no Nationa