If you shut down a fishery when no boats are on the water anyway, is there any real conservation benefit to the closure? That’s the question that arises after reading the final rule published by the National Marine Fisheries Service … Continued
Early last September, the Department of Health’s Clean Air Branch fined Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Company (HC&S) $1,977,700 for burning the wrong fuel in its Pu’unene mill for 30 years. HC&S has been reported as saying that the large fine … Continued
Board Denies Koa Loggers’ Attempt To Subtract Restoration Costs From Fine If Koa Timber and its partner Hawai’i Forest Preservation LLC had their way, they would submit a detailed forest restoration plan to the Board of Land and Natural Resources, … Continued
It smacks a lot more of ‘egosystem’ than ecosystem management,” Rob Shal-lenberger says of the jurisdictional fights that have plagued the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands over the years. Shallenberger, retired from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and now working with … Continued
“The DOH cannot give a permit for a landfill, constructed without a permit, if things are already failing…. It’s like driving your new car with a spare tire already.” – Gary Siu, Department of Health Solid Waste Branch For years, … Continued
A dusty expanse of corn and cane fields. A dilapidated pig farm hidden among tall weeds. Dirt roads, some riddled with pits and holes. All in all, not exactly the image that comes to mind when you hear the term … Continued
The Navy didn’t get everything it asked for. It doesn’t have a the power to kill subdivision proposals on the Kekaha plain, and its control over more than 5,000 acres of state agricultural lands won’t last forever, but will end … Continued
Without any legal tenancy on the land, Aloha Noblehouse, Inc., a non-profit that was set up to develop sustainable, eco-friendly housing for the poor, has petitioned the state Land Use Commission to shift 96.4 acres of ceded land in Ma’ili … Continued
At Ka’anapali beach, it’s always the same. Coastal erosion threatens a swimming pool or a walkway or some coconut trees and emergency permits are handed out like fliers for a rock concert. No one could have predicted that the erosion … Continued
“Ultimately, the governor’s directive spoke to me. Ultimately, I have the authority.” So stated Peter Young, administrator of the state Department of Land and Natural Resources, referring to an order issued last May by Governor Linda Lingle. The order required … Continued