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
Researchers Seek To Extend Life Of ATOC Another Five Years The controversial Acoustic Thermometry of Ocean Climate (ATOC) project would continue at least until 2005, under a Conservation District Use Permit filed with the state by researchers at the Scripps … Continued
The Peregrine Fund Transfers State Contract to San Diego Zoo On December 10, representatives of The Peregrine Fund appeared before the Board of Land and Natural Resources with a request to allow the transfer of its $300,000-a-year state contract to … Continued
Kaua`i Stairs to Shore Are Allowed to Remain Last year, Steven Cohen of New York built a stairway leading from his property in Kilauea, Kaua`i, across his neighbor’s property, down a rocky cliff, to Kaupea Beach, also known as Secret … Continued
With Reservations, Land Board Approves Rock Revetment Along Maui Coastal Road The exasperation was evident in Tim Johns’ voice. “Resources continue to take a backseat to DOT, tourism, whatever is next,” Johns said, commenting on the request of the Highways … Continued
Redesign for Kuhio Beach Work May Leave State Without a Builder Balancing pleas to “just do something” against those seeking more public comment, the state Board of Land and Natural Resources voted October 13 to begin developing plans and specifications … Continued
Contested Case To Be Held For Maunalua Bay Dredging “I ask for help, help, help. Nobody gives help,” Marshall Rosa told the Board of Land and Natural Resources at its meeting on July 7. Rosa entered the meeting carrying a … Continued