Waging pretend war is becoming popular on O`ahu’s lush northeastern landscape. In the last couple of years, war movies starring Nicholas Cage and Bruce Willis, filmed at Kualoa and Waikane, made rubber-neckers out of anyone driving the winding two-lane road … Continued
Pu`uwa`awa`a Council Deadline Nears; Foundation Withdraws Financial Support April 15 is more than the deadline for filing your federal taxes; it’s also the deadline for applying for a position on the Department of Land and Natural Resources’ advisory council for … Continued
Sugar Cove Quibbles Over Quality of Sand Sugar Cove’s efforts to protect the shoreline should be commended, Land Division planner Sam Lemmo told the Board of Land and Natural Resources at its January 11 meeting. But their approach needs some … Continued
DLNR Moves To Ban Houses In Flood Areas After six years and a recent lawsuit and contested case, the Department of Land and Natural Resources took steps last month to repeal a rule that encourages construction in flood-prone areas of … Continued
Land Board Hears Final Arguments In Wa`ahila Ridge Contested Case “Beauty is the splendor of the truth.” With this unusual opening, Benjamin Kudo launched into his final presentation before the Land Board in the contested case hearing on Hawaiian Electric … Continued
Honda Magnate Bulldozes Kaua`i Bluff, Causing Mud to Blanket Pila`a Bay Pila`a Bay on the wild and rugged North Shore of Kaua`i was known for its crystal clear water and abundance of limu. It was also a major source of … Continued
Former Board Member’s Testimony Throws HELCO Case Into Turmoil The decade-long efforts of HELCO, the Big Island electrical utility, to expand its Keahole generating facility are more and more taking on the traits of a soap opera. People who have … Continued
Land Board Tightens Conditions on Logging License for Waiakea The Board of Land and Natural Resources has granted to Tradewinds Forest Products the state’s first timber license in more than a decade, despite requests that an environmental impact statement on … Continued
Pu`uwa`awa`a Management Questions Are Put On Hold For Six More Months Selecting a steward for 21,000 acres of ranch land at Pu`uwa`awa`a and portions of Pu`uanahulu proved to be a thorny issue at the April 12 meeting of the Board … Continued
Land Board Seeks to Develop Policy On Undersea Communication Cables The Wai`anae coast is already home to O`ahu’s main power plant and major landfills. In the last decade, its shores have been littered with underwater cables, and according to Wai`anae … Continued