March 2014 PDF
March 2014
Na Wai `Eha Hearings Resume, East Maui Case Next in Queue
The taro farmers of East Maui were first in line, but it appears they may be last to get served. The state Commission on Water Resource Management’s contested case hearing on the interim instream flow standards of Waihe`e River and … Continued
Hu Honua Creditors Jam Hilo Court with Applications for Mechanic’s Liens
For a few weeks in January and February, keeping up with the filings for mechanic’s liens against Hu Honua Bioenergy required almost a full-time presence in Hilo’s 3rd Circuit Court. On February 4, an article by John Burnett in the … Continued
A Tale of Two Tracts: Success Stories of Restoration on Slopes of Haleakala
The Nature Conservancy’s Waikamoi Preserve in east Maui has been mostly free of feral pigs and goats for the last two decades. But what has that meant for the native vegetation on the high slopes of Haleakala? In 2008, four … Continued
Hawai`i County Keeps Negotiating with SMA Violator, Despite Court Ruling
The County of Hawai`i Planning Department has won a favorable ruling from the 3rd Circuit Court in a case that challenged the county’s ability to set shoreline setback distances. Despite that, the deputy corporation counsel representing the Planning Department, Amy … Continued
Hawai`i Supreme Court Supports $4M Fine Against Pflueger Company
It’s finally settled. James Pflueger’s company, Pila`a 400, LLC, must pay the state $4 million for damaging the reef at Pila`a Bay in North Kaua`i. After heavy rains in November 2001, a massive wall of mud from Pila`a 400‘s mauka … Continued
New & Noteworthy
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Council Loses an Advisor: Robin Baird, one of the leading experts on false killer whales in waters around Hawai`i, has resigned from the Protected Species Advisory Committee of the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council (Wespac). Baird resigned effective January 31. The … Continued
Board Talk
Film Office Seeks DLNR’s Help with Unauthorized Productions Hawai`i film commissioner Donne Dawson begged the state Board of Land and Natural Resources for help with certain “misbehaving” productions. “We need assistance in sending a strong, clear message that they cannot … Continued
High Court Sides with Activists in Kaua`i Shoreline Certification Case
The state Board of Land and Natural Resources did pretty much everything wrong when it approved Wainiha, Kaua`i property owner Craig Dobbin’s certified shoreline in 2010. That’s the impression one gets from reading the January 27 Hawai`i Supreme Court decision … Continued