If it weren’t for us, you wouldn’t even have a beach and you promised us we could use it, so cut us a break. That appears to have been the attitude of representatives for the Kahala Hotel & Resort over … Continued
For `Aina Le`a, Inc., the prospect that it will be able to carry out its planned development on 1,000-plus acres in South Kohala is growing ever dimmer, with the company facing multiple foreclosure actions, potential downzoning of its property by … Continued
Lehua Rat Project: The Department of Land and Natural Resources has been given the green light to award a contract to Island Conservation of New Zealand for preparation of a plan to eradicate rats from Lehua Island, located a few … Continued
Kuka`iau Ranch Acquisition Wins Much of 2017’s Legacy Land Funds Breaking with a decade of past practice, the state Division of Forestry and Wildlife (DOFAW) in May supplanted funding recommendations from the Legacy Land Conservation Commission with its own. At the … Continued
Western Pacific Fishery Management Council (Wespac) executive director Kitty Simonds isn’t just pushing for commercial longlining to return to the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument expansion area established by President Barack Obama late last year. She’s made it clear she’s also … Continued
July 2017
June 2017
Kekaha Kai State Park Gets Permit For Upgrades Over Surfer’s Objection No surfer likes it when one of their favorite breaks is crowded. That includes Hawai`i island resident Janice Palma-Glennie, who sits on the executive committee of the Surfrider Foundation’s Kona … Continued
Nearly a year after NextEra’s proposed takeover of Hawaiian Electric was voted down by the Public Utilities Commission, four of the renewable energy projects that were axed by Hawaiian Electric – at the behest of NextEra, some claim – have … Continued
“This is one of the really cool things the state does. We come away from this every year feeling we did something, we really did something,” said outgoing Legacy Land Conservation Commission member John Sinton at the group’s meeting … Continued