Boating Division, Lana`i Tour Company Ignore Conservation District Rules Trilogy Corporation, a firm that takes visitors on day trips from Lahaina to Lana`i, is planning to build a picnic pavilion, convenience store and snack shop, all to be housed in … Continued
State Water Division Contracts Are Issued Before Permits Received The state Department of Land and Natural Resources’ Division of Water and Land Development has routinely signed contracts for water development projects without assurance that permits for them will be issued … Continued
Since the second decade of the 20th century, the volume of fresh water flowing into Kane`ohe Bay has steadily dropped. Most scientists studying the bay agree that total freshwater input from streams and springs has dropped about 47 percent overall. … Continued
The Board of Land and Natural Resources has approved a mediated settlement to resolve several issues surrounding Conservation District violations at the Hawai`i Tropical Botanical Garden, near Hilo. But within days of the board’s action, the garden was accused once … Continued
Big Island rancher and Water Commissioner Herbert “Monty” Richards has not yet responded to the request for a statement of no financial conflict made by the attorneys for the windward parties in the contested case over Waiahole water. Nor had … Continued
In Geology and Ground-Water Resources of the Island of Hawai`i, H.T. Stearns and G.A. MacDonald describe the formation of Waipi`o Valley and its neighbor to the west, Waimanu Valley: “The spectacular canyons of Waimanu and Waipi`o, cut deep into the … Continued
Has the Lower Hamakua Ditch outlived its purpose? Since 1910, the ditch delivered on average some 30 million gallons a day to the sugar plantations along the Big Island’s Hamakua Coast. Last October, however, the last harvest of sugar took … Continued
When the Lower Hamakua Ditch was formally opened on July 1, 1910, it was the occasion of two days of banquets, speeches, and merry-making for investors and plantation owners. Newspapers in Hilo and Honolulu reported the occasion extensively. Coverage in … Continued
The time is late April 1989. The place is the face of the cliff behind Waipi`o Valley’s Hakalaoa Falls, which, dropping some 1,200 feet to the valley floor, is one of the highest waterfalls in Hawai`i. Weakened after centuries of … Continued
Water Commission Is Poised to Vote On Proposal to Tap Makaleha Springs The state Commission on Water Resource Management has scheduled a meeting on August 2, at which time it is to vote on a proposal to divert water from … Continued