Frog Fungus Infects Coqui: In 2004, the state Department of Agriculture began to consider whether a fungus that was devastating frog populations across the globe might be useful as a biocontrol agent for the Puerto Rican tree frog, or coqui, … Continued
“It’s a baby step that should have been taken a long time ago,” Water Commissioner Lawrence Miike said about his agency’s renewed effort to document and verify all stream diversions in the state. In 2005, the Legislature gave the Commission … Continued
Like an all-you-can-eat buffet for the brain, the 2006 Hawai`i Conservation Conference offered more than anyone could possibly take in. Our articles discuss at length several of the topics served up. Here are a few of the more interesting side … Continued
To some of the participants at the ungulate control workshop at the 2006 Hawai`i Conservation Conference, the discussion was déjà vu all over again. “We’re always doing Groundhog Day on ungulates,” Earl Campbell of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service … Continued
In planning for the 530-acre marina/resort development at Honokohau known as Kona Kai Ola, the Board of Land and Natural Resources and Jacoby Development, Inc. (JDI), are bound by terms of a development agreement that became effective November 18, 2005. … Continued
Big Island resident Charles Flaherty has stated publicly that the state Board of Land and Natural Resources knowingly entered into a development agreement with Jacoby Development, Inc. that conflicts with a state law that governs developments of public land by … Continued
The fight over resort development at Honokohau and Kealakehe, on the Kona Coast of the Big Island, has taken an interesting turn. On August 23, the Hawai`i County Council gave approval to the first reading of Bill 309 amending Hawai`i … Continued