A Revetment in La‘ie Gets a Pass

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Some seawalls are easier to sell than others. Take the case of a revetment that Randall and Shelley Bennett are seeking to rebuild at La‘ie, on the northern end of the windward side of O‘ahu. In April, the public and … Continued

Editorial

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Seawalls: No One Wins the Waiting Game In ‘Ewa Beach, owners of two properties have held out against legal demands that their seawalls, built without permits more than 20 years ago, be removed. This despite unambiguous rulings by the Honolulu … Continued

New & Noteworthy

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A New Contender: Like any self-respecting thug, Aedes (Finlaya) japonicus japonicus (Theobald) has an alias: Ochlerotatus (Finlaya) japonicus (Theobald). Whichever name you choose, you can just call it dangerous. Linda Burnham Larish, an entomologist with the vector control branch of … Continued

Editorial

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Who Will Champion Hawai‘i’s Plants? In the 1950s, Joseph Rock, the father of Hawaiian botany, still loved to get out into the field. With the construction of jeep roads during World War II, many of the remote places he had … Continued

A Revetment in La‘ie Gets a Pass

posted in: November 2005 | 0

Some seawalls are easier to sell than others. Take the case of a revetment that Randall and Shelley Bennett are seeking to rebuild at La‘ie, on the northern end of the windward side of O‘ahu. In April, the public and … Continued