Kaheawa Wind Farm Faces Tight Timeline To Mitigate Nēnē Takes Before Holdover Ends Kaheawa Wind Power I, Maui’s first wind farm, is facing the possibility of being shut down. That’s the consequence if it fails to comply soon with mitigation … Continued
Court Rebuke for BLNR: The Hawaiʻi Supreme Court has issued its ruling in the challenge brought by several Kauaʻi groups to the state Board of Land and Natural Resources’ issuance of a revocable permit to the seed company Syngenta Hawaiʻi, … Continued
Should the Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting’s delay in acting on an agricultural subdivision permit for lands result in an automatic approval? And is there a process by which a landowner can appeal a determination by the DPP that … Continued
Above photo: A stream diversion in East Maui. CREDIT: SIERRA CLUB OF HAWAI‘I. Last month, the Hawaiʻi Supreme Court granted applications for a writ of certiorari from both sides of a case involving the state Board of Land and Natural Resources’ renewal … Continued
Above photo: Trail location recommended by DOFAW staff in 2021 (yellow) and “apparent location digitized by trace” from 1872 registered map 603. CREDIT: DOFAW. On July 25, two months after its basic terms had been worked out, a stipulation for a stay … Continued
The allocation of water in west Maui is a complicated issue. In 2022, the state Commission on Water Resource Management voted to designate both stream and surface waters as management areas, with all existing and new users required to apply … Continued
At the July 15 meeting of the Commission on Water Resource Management, commissioner Aurora Kagawa-Viviani was puzzled by a staff proposal to have the commission give its approval to proceed with development of a “first-generation” adaptive management plan for the … Continued
At the July 15 meeting of the Commission on Water Resource Management, director Ciara Kahahane provided a description of the funds available to support development of an Adaptive Management Plan for the Keauhou Aquifer Sector Area. There was an unspecified … Continued
On May 20, the state Commission on Water Resource Management voted unanimously to accept a petition by the Honolulu Board of Water Supply to designate the Waiʻanae aquifer sector as a ground water management area. The area incudes the aquifers … Continued