The state Department of Land and Natural Resources and the American Bird Conservancy were awarded their motion for summary judgment in a case brought by Maui resident Tina Lia and a group she founded last year, Hawaiʻi Unites. Lia had … Continued
Above photo: Conditions attached to the transfer of K.K. Ranch’s leased lands to the Board of Agriculture ensure that the Land Board establish access through the property for public purposes, including management by the Division of Forestry and Wildlife of … Continued
Mosquito Case: Environmental Court hearings on Tina Lia’s and Hawaiʻi Unites’s motion for a preliminary injunction to halt a mosquito-suppression project in East Maui are on hold due to the fires that devastated Maui last month. An initial hearing was … Continued
On August 15, Environmental Court hearings resume in a case brought in May by Maui resident Tina Lia and the group she founded, Hawaiʻi Unites, to halt a project aimed at saving critically endangered honeycreepers from extinction. With the warming … Continued
Water Permittees To Contribute Funds For East Maui Watershed Management State forestry and wildlife managers will finally receive funds from the two companies that for years have been diverting tens of millions of gallons of water a day from East … Continued
Koaiʻa Sanctuary: The Department of Land and Natural Resources has applied to Hawaiʻi County to subdivide a large parcel of land now leased to Parker Ranch in order to extend a sanctuary for Acacia koaiʻa, the smaller cousin of the … Continued
Board Denies Petition for Contested Case On Mosquito Control Suppression Project The state Board of Land and Natural Resources’ May 12 meeting began at 9:15 a.m. and stretched well past dinnertime. As the board heard public testimony on one of … Continued
“He knew what he was doing,” Land Board member Tommy Oi said in support of his motion to approve a $17,000 fine against Lanikai residents Donald and Julianne King for unauthorized work in the Conservation District. The couple, who own … Continued
“It is a very dire situation. We have some strategies, and we’re pursuing them as fast as possible on parallel tracks, but it’s a lot of fingers crossed right now,” Department of Land and Natural Resources director Suzanne Case told … Continued
Also at its June meeting, the commission approved a joint funding agreement with the U.S. Geological Survey for a $100,000 study to determine what kinds of data should be collected to determine impacts of native and non-native plant species on … Continued