A company trying to grow in cages fish that are being pillaged to near commercial extinction in the Pacific received Conservation District Use Permit (CDUP) approval from the state Board of Land and Natural Resources on October 24. In a … Continued
Seal Rehab at Keahole? On October 20, the state Natural Energy Laboratory Hawai`i Authority’s board of directors gave preliminary approval to a proposal by The Marine Mammal Center (TMMC) of Sausalito, California, to construct an endangered Hawaiian monk seal (Monachus … Continued
Kama`aina Kids Chosen to Replace Friends to Run He`eia State Park Had they known it would end up this way, they probably wouldn’t have done it. Earlier this year, members of the state Board of Land and Natural Resources directed … Continued
Last month, the state Environmental Council lost two more members. The resignations brought to four the number of members quitting in disgust this year. On May 4, David Bylund, chairman of the council’s annual report committee, submitted his resignation letter … Continued
Because the boat building and repair shop of Honolulu Marine, LLC (HM), doesn’t conform to the Hawai`i Community Development Corporation’s plans for Kaka`ako, the agency is kicking the company off the Kewalo basin property it has leased from the state … Continued
In the opinion of hearing officer Lawrence Miike, no one got it right. The Maui Department of Water Supply’s proposal to amend the interim instream flow standards (IIFS) of four West Maui streams – known collectively as Na Wai `Eha … Continued
“Unless the fence is repaired, the birds don’t have much of a chance, do they? The numbers look pretty terrible.” The comment came from U.S. District Judge Samuel King at a May hearing on a motion filed by Earthjustice to … Continued
To judge by the testimony submitted, Senate Bill 1345, calling for holders of leases of state lands to be compensated if any acreage is withdrawn, was one of the less controversial measures taken up by the 2009 Legislature. Only the … Continued
The 2009 Legislature closed up shop in May, but suspense lingers over what it has or will have accomplished. The deadline for the governor’s veto is July 15, although she was to have submitted to the Legislature a list of … Continued
For two legislators, their proudest moment in the 2009 legislative session came with passage of a bill giving the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism half a million dollars to buy a spaceport license from the Federal Aviation Administration. … Continued