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The role of the City and County of Honolulu in the evolution of the dump at Puhawai Road can be tracked on a single printout from its new computer system. The city’s Department of Public Works issued David Souza three … Continued

Anonymous callers have complained for years about dust emanating from David Souza’s property. However, with the exception of one instance in September 1998, whenever the Department of Health’s Clean Air Branch inspectors drive out to visit, they find nothing. On … Continued

California Longline Vessels May Face Suit Over Turtle Catches in North Pacific Owners of longline vessels in Hawai`i as well as their crews have loudly protested what they say is the injustice of U.S. District Judge David Ezra’s ruling that … Continued

Progress at Pu`u Huluhulu Kipuka Pu`u Huluhulu is a lush, large hill surrounded by lava from the two volcanoes it lies between, Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa on the Big Island. It protrudes from the flat plain around the Saddle … Continued

“The reality is, Pu`uwa`awa`a is the last remnant of a unique system chewed to death by cattle,” Hilo attorney Christopher Yuen told the state Board of Land and Natural Resources. “The state has transformed the richest, most diverse forest into … Continued

Almost a century ago, botanist Joseph Rock rejoiced in the astounding diversity of plants and animals at Pu’uwa’awa’a. It was, he wrote, “the richest floral section of any in the whole Territory.” In 1932, C.S. Judd was still able to … Continued

Silk oak, also called silver oak or he oak, is not native to Hawai`i – and it’s not an oak at all. More formally known as Grevillea robusta, it is an import from Australia. But you’d never know that to … Continued

As much as cattle have helped to destroy much of the native vegetation at Pu`uwa`awa`a, they now play an important – if limited — role in its restoration. Everyone familiar with the issues at Pu`uwa`awa`a agrees that some degree of … Continued

Robert Cabin leaned with one hand against a tall but scraggly lama tree in a tiny, sloping patch of forest on the Ka`upulehu lava flow on the western slope of the island of Hawai`i. The lama tree, known scientifically as … Continued