The Lower Hamakua Ditch has outlived sugar, but many of the parties who have designs on the former cane land don’t want to see the ditch die. Despite the interests of several large landowners (including, first and foremost, Kamehameha Schools/Bishop … Continued
The “Monthly Ditch Reports” of DeRego Services to the state indicate some of the difficulties encountered in routine ditch maintenance. In November, December, and January, the maintenance teams visited intake grates at the back of Waipi`o Valley. “Every time we … Continued
Developers Set Sights Once More On Coast of Rural East Moloka’i In November 1969, the Board of Land and Natural Resources approved a Conservation District permit for a marina and other improvements that were part of a huge resort development … Continued
A plan to place state-owned land around three North Hilo streams into the Conservation District has become a lightning rod for anti-government, anti-regulation sentiment in the Laupahoehoe community. Riding hard on the community’s coattails is Big Island Mayor Stephen Yamashiro, … Continued
On February 24, 1994, Pioneer Mill Company’s lease of roughly 1,800 acres of state-owned land in the ahupua`a of Wahikuli, West Maui, expired. Paragraph 25 of that lease describes what was to happen upon expiration of the lease. Among other … Continued
Pioneer Mill has enjoyed the use of state land mauka of Lahaina, Maui, for decades. The most recent lease, which expired in February of this year, was only the last in a series extending back to territorial days. According to … Continued
General Lease S-4229 allowed Pioneer Mill the use of 1,820 acres of state-owned land on the slopes of West Maui above Lahaina. For most of the 25-year duration of that lease, however, Pioneer Mill’s rental payments were based on cultivation … Continued
The state-owned land at Wahikuli, cultivated by Pioneer Mill and coveted by the Housing Finance and Development Corporation, is ceded land, income from which is administered through the Public Land Trust established under Section 5(f) of the Admissions Act. Under … Continued
Legislature Changes Law On Conservation Land The law regulating activities in the Conservation District has been rewritten and re-coedited. The changes that were made may have significant ramifications. Throughout the legislative session, Department of Land and Natural Resources officials declared … Continued
In 1991, longline fishermen in the waters off Hawai’i set approximately 12.3 million hooks. They caught 9.9 million pounds of swordfish, 5.8 million pounds of various large tuna – and, according to the best estimates of the National Marine Fisheries … Continued