Although it’s standard for the state Commission on Water Resource Management to seek information about how diverted stream water is being used so that it can determine if those uses are reasonable and beneficial under the state Water Code, the … Continued
The 23rd annual Hawai`i Conservation Conference, held last month, brought some 1,300 scientists, natural resource managers, and students to the University of Hawai`i-Hilo. For four days, participants criss-crossed the lush, sprawling campus as they walked from one symposium … Continued
Two years ago, the National Park Service petitioned the state Commission on Water Resource Management to designate the Keauhou aquifer, in West Hawai`i, as a water management area. The Park Service’s intention was to ensure that the subsurface groundwater flows … Continued
The Hawai`i County Department of Water Supply has been revising the Keauhou section of its Water Use and Development Plan, under the watchful eyes of the staff of the state Commission on Water Resource Management (CWRM), which ordered the revision … Continued
Last month, the Commission on Water Resource Management took an unprecedented, but widely applauded, step when it approved a request from the Department of Hawaiian Homelands for a reservation of its water rights in Kona. The DHHL requested last December … Continued
The Board of Land and Natural Resources’ October 2014 approval of aquarium fishing rules for O`ahu came with a request that the Department of Land and Natural Resources’ Division of Aquatic Resources begin a discussion among stakeholders on what sustainability … Continued
September 2015
Rules to Protect Maui Parrotfish, Goatfish Win Land Board Approval By One Vote Maui fisherman Darrell Tanaka teared up a little as he shook hands with his fellow supporters after the vote. The new rules he had initiated years ago to … Continued
It was big news last winter when Hawaiian Electric Company – HECO, the utility that serves O`ahu – announced that it had reached power purchase agreements (PPAs) with developers of six large-scale solar farms that would, when operational, feed more … Continued
Recent news coverage of the proposed NextEra-Hawaiian Electric merger has revealed a fact that is disturbing to many Hawai`i residents concerned about NextEra’s commitment to distributed generation, which is manifested most frequently in the form of rooftop solar panels. As … Continued