Does Lynn McCrory have a financial conflict in the dispute over levels of commercial boating in Hanalei that would preclude her voting on any change in boating issues there? She posed this question to the state Ethics Commission and the … Continued
The Hanalei boating controversy is, hands down, one of the most complex in the state. No comprehensive history of the subject has yet been published, nor do we pretend to fill this need here. Many aspects of the conflict are … Continued
About a dozen dolphins were killed near a fish aggregating device off the South Kona coast in August, the National Marine Fisheries Service has reported. The report, made to the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council at its November meeting … Continued
Here is a summary of the claims Locricchio is making against the state and other parties in a complaint filed in First Circuit Court: Count 1: Tortious Interference with Contractual and or Business Relationship and Extortion. Suntera claims that it lost … Continued
From the side, it resembles an alien head in repose on the three wheels – a polished maroon cranium with oversized, teardrop-shaped eyes. Tom Quinn of the Hawai’i’ Electric Vehicle Demonstration Project, is showing me one of the Sunrays that … Continued
Some of the rarest plants in the world are found in the saddle of Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea on the island of Hawai`i within the U.S. Army’s 108,000-acre Pohakuloa Training Area. Under an Army plan intended to protect several … Continued
On November 24, 1989, Lani Stemmermann, a botanist at the University of Hawai`i at Hilo, visited an area of dryland forest in the western third of Pohakuloa Training Area, in search of research sites for studies of native plants. What … Continued
Why are so many rare plants found at Pohakuloa Training Area? In December 1989, Lani Stemmermann addressed this question in a short essay she wrote in an effort to elicit support for her lawsuit against the Army. We reprint portions … Continued
Among scientists, there is no disagreement over the fact that feral ungulates in Hawai`i wreak devastation on native plants, whether the animals at issue are pigs in the rain forest or sheep and goats in the dryland shrub. In recent … Continued