What if you threw a party with no food? In Hawai`i, that is simply unthinkable. Yet, if the federal government’s response to our repeated requests for information about a party thrown by the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council (Wespac) last … Continued
The state Commission on Water Resource Management has too much to do and too little staff to waste time on a petition to designate an aquifer where pumping is nowhere near the sustainable yield. That, basically, was the sentiment of … Continued
Your articles (Environment Hawai`i, October 2013) touched on several issues which I think a lot about these days. Our state has underway a process which acknowledges the reality of climate change and sea level rise. It remains to be seen … Continued
The Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting continues to stand behind its Ko`olau Loa Sustainable Communities Plan, which proposes expanding the urban growth boundary in La`ie to allow for the construction of an entirely new town on agricultural land in … Continued
Land Board Fines Another Maui Kayak Tour Company Paul Noble offered every argument he could to justify his kayak tour company’s use of the state’s Olowalu Beach Reserve on Maui: Some nameless Department of Land and Natural Resources employee on … Continued
False Killer Whale Recovery Plan: The beginning of this month was the deadline to submit information to the National Marine Fisheries Service on a recovery plan for the endangered insular stock of Hawaiian false killer whales. On October 2, the day … Continued
Five years ago, state land on the Big Island experienced the biofuel equivalent of a gold rush. Bioprospectors – folks wanting to make a fortune from crops that could be used as feedstock in a variety of biofuel products – … Continued
Within a year of purchasing more than 1,100 acres of agricultural land from Galbraith Estate, the state Agribusiness Development Corporation (ADC) has leased out about as much as it can without an additional source of water and/or requiring crop rotation. … Continued
When plans to build 3,500 more units at Turtle Bay Resort resurfaced in the mid-2000’s, the move set off alarm bells among community members worried about the impacts such a massive development would have on the North Shore’s rural character, … Continued
Serious legal questions surrounding the state Land Use Commission’s 1986 Decision and Order to redistrict of 236 acres owned by Turtle Bay Resort, LLC (TBR) will remain unanswered at least until the end of the next legislative session. On November … Continued