In early February 2007, the U.S. Navy announced it had prepared an environmental assessment for a two-year series of 12 undersea warfare exercises in waters around Hawai`i. The notice of the EA was accompanied by a finding that the exercises, … Continued
Governor Linda Lingle vetoed one of the most significant bills relating to invasive species to come out of the 2008 Legislature. House Bill 2843, which expands the list of freight subject to inspection for invasive species to include air shipments, … Continued
One of the scariest potentially invasive pests is also one of the smallest. Known as `ohi`a rust, Puccinia psidii is a relative latecomer, being discovered on `ohi`a seedings in an O`ahu nursery in 2005. Since then, it has spread throughout … Continued
In his plenary address to the Hawai`i Conservation Alliance’s annual conservation conference in July, Stephen Miller asked the questions that usually arise when people talk about global warming: “How profound is it? … Will it be really hot, or kinda … Continued
In accordance with the Land Use Commission’s July 11 decision, attorneys for the Kuilima Resort Company submitted on August 18 a 16-page report on its progress toward meeting the LUC’s nine redistricting conditions. The LUC will discuss this report at … Continued
Does O`ahu’s visitor industry even need Kuilima to expand? Given the fact that occupancy rates reach about 90 percent during peak months, some might say yes. But in 1986, in justifying its decision to approve the redistricting of Kuilima’s 236 … Continued
The Kuilima Resort Company seems to believe it has all the time in the world to fulfill its expansion plans; the state believes it can, and perhaps should, impose a deadline; and the nonprofit Defend O`ahu Coalition says that the … Continued
The land proposed for development as the Villages of `Aina Le`a is covered for the most part with scrub. When botanist Evangeline Funk surveyed the area in 1991, she found fountain and buffel grass, mesquite trees, and koa haole – … Continued