Last month, the group Hui Lihikai – Citizens for Protection of the North Kohala Coastline formally asked the Board of Land and Natural Resources to revoke a Conservation District permit for a house on the North Kohala Coast. The permit … Continued
Fishing isn’t what it used to be. The complaint is heard frequently. But is there evidence to support it? Or is it rather an expression of nostalgia for simpler times, when fishing (and almost everything else) seemed less complicated, less … Continued
The year is 1976. Gerald Ford is president. George Ariyoshi is governor of Hawai’i. Frank Fasi is mayor of Honolulu. And the residents of Waiahole and Waikane valleys on O’ahu’s windward coast are fighting the battle of their lives to … Continued
For the most part, at the time the great irrigation systems were being developed, scant attention was paid to the effects of the water transfers upon farmers and others relying upon the stream water for their livelihood. In the case … Continued
In an area as remote and relatively undeveloped as Ka’u is, natural resources are abundant. The development of a space launch facility at Palima Point or elsewhere in the district cannot help but have a disruptive impact on the natural … Continued
The proposal to develop a commercial space launch facility in Ka’u, the state has said, depends upon attracting a commercial operator. If no corporation or consortium of corporations can be induced to build and operate the facility the idea will … Continued
If a spaceport is built, will it be used by the military? Despite efforts of the state to portray it as a commercial (and presumably civilian) facility, its use to carry military missions aloft is not only possible, it is … Continued
The Office of Conservation and Environmental Affairs, within the state Department of Land and Natural Resources, has been criticized in the past for its failure to recommend meaningful fines against people who violate Conservation District rules. You’ll not hear any … Continued