[...]... report, Audit of the Management of State Boating Facilities by the Department of Land and Natural Resources, Report No 01-09, found the enforcement division was lax in enforcing boating laws and rules Our 1992 audit, A Review of the Transfer of the Marine Patrol and Potential Transfer of Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement, Report No 92-28, reviewed the potential transfer of the enforcement. .. citizens and visitors Land Division The mission of the Land Division is to manage state-owned lands in ways that promote the well-being of Hawai‘i’s people and ensure the lands are used in accordance with the goals, policies and plans of the State Lands not reserved for other government agencies come under the division s purview The division maintains an official inventory of state lands and handles the. .. Personnel Office Commission on Water Resource Management Office of Conservation and Coastal Lands Bureau of Conveyances Aquatic Resources Division Land Division Division of State Parks Division of Forestry & Wildlife State Historic Preservation Division Division of Conservation & Resources Enforcement Engineering Division Division of Boating & Ocean Recreation Source: Department of Land and Natural Resources. .. transfer of the enforcement division to the Department of Public Safety and concluded it should not be transferred 15 Chapter 1: Introduction Objectives of the Audit 1 Assess the effectiveness and efficiency of conservation and resources enforcement operations achieved by the leaders of the Department of Land and Natural Resources and the Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement 2 Make recommendations... citizens to the enforcement hotline Branch office personnel take hotline calls and relay the information to enforcement officers over the radio or via telephone Prior audits We have conducted several audits of the Department of Land and Natural Resources, some of which mentioned the Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement However, this is our first comprehensive audit of the division Our... Legislature The commission’s general mission is to protect and enhance the state’s water resources through wise and responsible management Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement s organization, mission, and resources The Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement was established within the department in 1978 to unify responsibility for the enforcement of departmental laws and rules... acquisition and disposal of state lands through sales, leases, permits, easements and other means It oversees about 800900 leases per year Office of Conservation and Coastal Lands The Office of Conservation and Coastal Lands manages about two million acres of private and public lands within the State Land Use 4 Chapter 1: Introduction Conservation District In addition to privately and publicly zoned conservation. .. resources, the Department of Land and Natural Resources and the Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement have not provided the leadership necessary to provide their effective and efficient enforcement Moreover, the enforcement workforce has not provided full and effective coverage, which has contributed in part to the lack of compliance Officers expected to patrol land and waterways spend too... expended by the enforcement division for cruise ship security This weakness is addressed under management practices in this report A financial audit of the entire department was ongoing at the time of our audit and any other fiscal weaknesses identified as a result of that audit will be included in that audit s report This audit covered the management practices of the department’s and division s enforcement. .. included analyses of information from 1995 onwards To accomplish our audit objectives, we visited the department, its support offices, most of its division offices, the enforcement division office and its branch offices on Hawai‘i, Kaua‘i, Maui, and O‘ahu Our most extensive audit work was performed at the O‘ahu branch office We reviewed relevant documents on the management of the enforcement program