The doctrine of the public trust has become a keystone nationally in the efforts of communities to press for restored streams, watersheds, and other natural resources that are part of the public weal. In Hawai`i, the public trust doctrine played … Continued
Jan Stevens, who championed the public trust doctrine while employed with the California Attorney General’s Office and working on the celebrated Mono Lake case, spoke in Honolulu last fall at a conference on the public trust sponsored by the University … Continued
With this issue, Environment Hawai`i launches an occasional column to address subjects we have dealt with in the past. If you have suggestions for topics, give us a call. In 1997, a long-simmering dispute over public shoreline access at Onomea … Continued
Sugar Cove Quibbles Over Quality of Sand Sugar Cove’s efforts to protect the shoreline should be commended, Land Division planner Sam Lemmo told the Board of Land and Natural Resources at its January 11 meeting. But their approach needs some … Continued
Wedged between the Hilo airport, a military shooting range and a gravel quarry is a 108-acre scrap of forest. Aggressive alien plants have invaded from top to bottom, towering over the tallest `ohi`a trees and crowding out native seedlings on … Continued
Building a Bridge to the Future on the Stones of Kahikinui From the overcast skies, a steady wind whips across the southern coast of Maui, beating down parched grasses and shrubs. Unmoved are the outcroppings of a`a lava, nearly as … Continued
Hawai`i spends more to control invasive plants than it does for any other group of pests. Millions of dollars a year go to control miconia alone. But the state stands to lose more than just tax dollars if no effective … Continued
Hala Pepe Five plant forms were commonly used to decorate the kuahu altar, and in most halau hula these five were considered essential . . . Gods and demi-gods were represented by the five main plant forms on the altar. … Continued
CEATECH USA, Inc., owner of a shrimp farm in west Kaua`i, seemed to have it all – a new pond design, disease-free broodstock, a super-efficient waste system, millions in investments, and a large stretch of sunny, flat, land near the … Continued
State aquaculture loans recipients are three times more likely to default than agricultural loan recipients. For the most part, private lenders won’t touch them. According to Doreen Shishido, head of the state Department of Agriculture’s loan division, more than one … Continued