The following letter has been sent to Daniel Bent, the U.S. Attorney in Honolulu. Environment Hawai`i was provided a copy by the author. It has been slightly edited for style and length. Recently I learned that the U.S. Fish & … Continued
Dan Lutkenhouse, director of the Hawai`i Tropical Botanical Garden, portrays himself as a victim of foot-dragging bureaucrats and environmental poseurs. “I have committed seventeen years of my life, and several million dollars, toward acquiring the land, developing a beautiful garden … Continued
In a March 1991 article of Environment Hawai`i raised questions concerning the state’s management of a tract of more than 100,000 acres in an area on the Big Island known as Pu`uwa`awa`a. In hearings before the Legislature, environmentalists posed still … Continued
The house and private park that George Isaacs has built atop the bluffs at Puakea Bay were discussed in a January 1992 “Big Isle House, Private Park Mock Public’s Shoreline Access” article of Environment Hawai`i. At the time, the Department … Continued
In early 1990, Grant and Sharon Gerrish bought a lot in Laupahoehoe Valley, on the Big Island north of Hilo. The land was about an acre and a third large — just right for the modest house and garden that … Continued
In early May of 1986, Jon Giffin, a wildlife biologist with the Hawai`i District office of the Division of Forestry and Wildlife, was looking for `alala on the slopes of Mauna Loa in an area known as Kukuiopa`e, on the … Continued