Commission Tweaks Na Wai Eha Decision, Shrinking Mahi Pono’s Water Allocation
Late last month, the Commission on Water Resource Management issued its decision and order in a contested case over the use of water from four major Central Maui streams. A few days later, it issued a drastically amended version – … Continued
Water Commission Orders Honolulu BWS To Take Steps to Restore He‘eia Stream
The state Commission on Water Resource Management last month ordered the Honolulu Board of Water Supply to complete a feasibility study and preliminary engineering design within two years for a new bulkhead in its Ha‘iku Tunnel in Windward O‘ahu. As … Continued
Applications for Overgrown Ag Lands Confound ADC Selection Committee
Trying to help meet state food sustainability goals, while facing a lawsuit brought by a former tenant of its lands in North-Central O‘ahu, the state Agribusiness Development Corporation is being extra cautious about negotiating new land licenses for hundreds more … Continued
Maui Quarry Gets Time Extension From LUC Amid Procedural Questions
For three decades or so – no one seems to be sure of the precise time – a quarry has operated on a rocky slope above Honoapi‘ilani Highway near Ma‘alaea, Maui. Not until 2006, though, did Pohakea Quarry obtain a … Continued
Wespac Endorses Changes in Gear Intended to Protect Sharks, Seabirds
Last month’s virtual meeting of the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council brought few surprises, but the council did take two votes that should reduce the impact of longline fisheries on protected species. It: • Voted to recommend a change in fishing rules … Continued
New & Noteworthy: Mosquito, Devil Weed Biocontrol
So Long, Skeeters: The multi-agency effort to save a number of native forest bird species from imminent extinction got a boost June 22, when the state Board of Agriculture unanimously approved a permit allowing the importation of 25,000 male Culex quinquefasciatus mosquitoes that … Continued