Neal L. Evenhuis, editor. Barefoot on Lava: The Journals and Correspondence of Naturalist R.C.L. Perkins in Hawai`i, 1892-1901. Bishop Museum Press: Honolulu, 2007. 412 pages. Hardcover: $29.95. “I am off on Monday to Lana`i, there is an all but extinct … Continued
To hear the owners and their agents describe it, a proposed upscale, gated golf-course subdivision on agricultural land in the lee of Mauna Loa, in the ahupua`a of Hokukano, will do nothing less than heal the damaged relationship between humans … Continued
Since 2005, state law has banned the development of new golf courses on land in the state Agriculture District. Yet last year, when Hokukano Ranch, Inc., submitted its plans for its “Hokukano Preserves” subdivision of 2,895 acres into a hundred … Continued
Officers with the state Division of Conservation Resources and Enforcement spend about as much time performing non-resource related activities, such as providing security for cruise ships, as they do protecting the state’s natural environment, according to University of Hawai`i affiliate … Continued
The value of marine reserves has been hotly debated recently with last year’s establishment of the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument and the federal determination that overfishing of bottomfish is occurring in the Main Hawaiian Islands. Some have argued that marine … Continued
Vacant Seats: The Office of Environmental Quality Control has been headless since the departure last May of Ginny Salmonson. Larry Lau, deputy director of the Department of Health, is filling in, but has his hands full with his normal duties. … Continued
“We were, at every step in the process — in regard to sea surface temperature, potential for storm generation, as well as changes regarding precipitation — staggered at what we were seeing,” says Stephen Miller, an ecologist with the U.S. … Continued