It was what one Maui resident called a “reverse Robin Hood” deal, where water was being robbed from the island’s poor – beset with constant water restrictions – and given to rich developers for resort and housing projects. At its … Continued
The following exchange occurred at a meeting of the Maui Board of Water Supply on November 22, 2000. David Craddick, director of the Department of Water Supply, and Ellen Kraftsow, of the department’s Water Resources Division, are questioned by Board … Continued
Pu`uwa`awa`a Management Questions Are Put On Hold For Six More Months Selecting a steward for 21,000 acres of ranch land at Pu`uwa`awa`a and portions of Pu`uanahulu proved to be a thorny issue at the April 12 meeting of the Board … Continued
Formed by underground dikes – deep walls of basalt that cut through softer volcanic rock — Makaleha Spring on Kaua`i pumps out an amazing amount of water that feeds the island’s eastern watershed. The spring is one of six known … Continued
Eat Truth to Power Kimberly Clark is a visionary. It matters not that her piercing turquoise eyes have a rare disorder that makes her legally blind. Though you would never guess the impairment on meeting her, it makes her intense … Continued
The Navy is drilling for oil at Pearl Harbor, but it’s not likely to ease the island’s energy crunch. The oil – hundreds of thousands of gallons of it – wasn’t deposited in the Cretaceous era, but dates back just … Continued
By William Meyer1 The U.S. Geological Survey has recently published the results of a study that describes a new form of ground water occurrence in Hawai`i. As described in this study, ground water in the area between Ke`anae Valley and … Continued
Miconia: The Green Cancer Spreads You know miconia if you’ve been to Tahiti. This plant, Miconia Calvescens, is also known as “velvet tree” and, to the Tahitians, the “green cancer.” On Tahiti, it thickly covers more than 60 percent of … Continued
On February 20, 2001, the board of directors of the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawai`i Authority (NELHA) held a regularly scheduled meeting. One agenda item was a letter from the Keahole Point Tenants’ Association, expressing concerns about the sequestration experiment. … Continued
Nancy Glover, who had recently stepped down from a very successful tenure as senior program officer of the Secretariat for Conservation Biology, died on July 25. Her passing has saddened everyone who knew her not only because of her warm, … Continued