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
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 Adopts Schedule of Fines for Fishing, Boating Infractions Last December, the state Board of Land and Natural Resources approved rules for a Civil Resource Violations System (CRVS) to expedite the resolution of minor infractions of state environmental laws. … Continued
Opponents of Ka`ena Point Fence Are Denied Contested Case Hearing On August 12, the state Board of Land and Natural Resources denied the requests of Summer Kaimalia Nemeth and Huang Chi Kuo for a contested case hearing over a 600-meter … Continued
Land Board Adds Kulani Forest to Pu`u Maka`ala Reserve Adding some 6,000 acres of pristine native forest to the state’s Pu`u Maka`ala Natural Area Reserve was a no-brainer. Transferring about 600 acres that were part of the former Kulani prison … Continued
Land Board Approves Draft of Ha`ena Park Master Plan “We have way more vehicles than we can accommodate. It’s ridiculous,” said Dan Quinn about Ha`ena State Park on the North Shore of Kaua`i. On October 14, Quinn, administrator for … Continued
New Penalty Guidelines for Kealakekua Bay The state Board of Land and Natural Resources has approved new civil penalty guidelines for “minor” violations at Kealakekua Bay on the island of Hawai`i. For years, the state has struggled to control the … Continued
Fence to Protect Ka`ena Point’s Birds, Plants “The fence is an opportunity to give back to organisms we stomped on,” University of Hawai`i zoology professor Sheila Conant told the state Board of Land and Natural Resources at its meeting … Continued
Land Board Settles Dispute Over Reef Damage at Keawakapu, Maui The attorneys negotiated until the last possible moment, and even after the vote, it wasn’t entirely clear whether the approved language assigned responsibility for the incident. On November 12, after … Continued
DLNR Staff Backs Off Proposal to Extend Lease in Palila Habitat “Do we have to watch extinction happen all over again? Do we have a choice?” University of Hawai`i zoologist Sheila Conant wrote last month in her testimony against a … Continued