The Lu`uwai family of Makena, Maui, fished the nearshore waters of Ahihi-Kina`u for decades until 1973, when the area became the state’s first designated Natural Area Reserve, where boating and fishing are prohibited. Now, the Lu`uwais are breaking new ground … Continued
In the March 1998 issue of Environment Hawai`i, Teresa Menard questioned the stability of the host preference of Phyllonorycter myricae Dechka, an exotic gracillariid moth proposed for introduction into Hawai`i as a biological control agent against fayatree, or Myrica faya … Continued
I am writing in response to your December 1998 editorial, “Albatross Workshop Won’t Save Birds.” I was disappointed by the headline on this editorial, especially since I was the workshop’s coordinator. Although your editorial mentioned that the Black-footed Albatross Workshop … Continued
“In many cases, the farmers are not literate in their own language, much less English. The ability to handle things safely depends on the ability to read labels or to be supervised.” -Barry Brennan, Pesticide Coordinator, University of Hawai’i at … Continued
Maurice Tamura sighs as he points to a tattered organizational chart. Position after position in the Department of Health, Food and Drug Branch Tamura supervises has been crossed out with pencil; notes written alongside show the dates when the slots … Continued
The standards used to determine whether pesticide residues on produce are unacceptable are set by the Environmental Protection Agency, based on laboratory tests of the active ingredients in pesticides. The EPA has said that after it conducts tests for both … Continued
So far as pesticide education and control were concerned, the plantation system had advantages over today’s decentralized, diversified agriculture. In the past, regulators had to deal with a handful of plantation managers, who in turn were responsible for making sure … Continued
Judge Voids Lease for Energy Plant Proposed on Hawaiian Home Lands The efforts of Albert Hee and his company, Waimana Enterprises, to develop a 58-megawatt co-generation plant at Kawaihae have once more come to a screeching halt. On October 26, … Continued
As Temperatures Rise, Corals Fall:The Effect of Climate Change on Reefs With increased levels of carbon in the atmosphere, the temperature of the sea and its elevation are expected to rise. For corals and coral reefs, the impacts may well … Continued