Rift Arises in Conservation Community Over Benefits of Critical Habitat The conservation community in Hawai`i is divided over a proposal that would have the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service designate critical habitat for 245 species of endangered plants. To some, … Continued
The Caribbean holds 46 percent of the international cruise market. Like Hawai`i, it is experiencing an economic slump. Agriculture, once the Caribbean’s economic mainstay, has not been a force in decades for most islands. The largest economic engine in the … Continued
Were it not for a little-noticed provision in the 1998 Defense Appropriations Bill, chances are good that the state’s preparations for a bull market in cruise ship traffic would be less focused and urgent. The act contains a section called … Continued
The Army has disclosed that it intends to complete an environmental impact statement for the Multi-Purpose Range Complex at the Pohakuloa Training Area. Under terms of the settlement of a lawsuit filed a decade ago, the facility, constructed in the … Continued
The U.S. Army has withdrawn its proposal to install an irrigation system at the Pohakuloa Training Area on the island of Hawai`i to water new outplantings of native plants in an enclosed area at Kipuka `Alala, where a decade ago … Continued
Ray Chuan’s memory of September 20, 1996, has not faded with time. That was the day when, just before noon, a gleaming, white, 440-foot cruise ship glided into Hanalei Bay and set anchor. No one in the community had been … Continued