June 2011 PDF
June 2011
Board Talk
Land Board Fines Eco-Tour Company for Cutting Trail in Conservation District Sam Lemmo couldn’t believe what he was hearing. KapohoKine Adventures, LLC, was arguing that it cut a trail through the Conservation District in Honoli`i, Hawai`i, merely to allow neighboring … Continued
Editorial: Hakalau Needs to Keep Eyes on the Prize
Planning is a good thing. And the 15-year Comprehensive Conservation Plan for the Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge is, by our lights, a pretty good one. But the thing about planning is this: it should never undercut its own viability. … Continued
DLNR Pursues Incompatible Goals on Land Adjoining Hakalau Refuge
Like a dagger through the heart, the state-owned Piha tract tears straight through the Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge. Technically, Piha is part of Hawai`i’s system of forest reserves, set aside in the early part of the 20th century to … Continued
County Halts KapohoKine's Use of Old Honoli`i Landing Strip
Less than a week after the state Board of Land and Natural Resources fined KapohoKine Adventures, LLC, $16,500 for Conservation District violations at Honoli`i, Hawai`i County planning director Bobbi-Jean Leithead-Todd delivered more bad news to the company: The airstrip on … Continued
NEW & NOTEWORTHY: Pigs on O`ahu, Cows on Kaua`i
Pigs in Manoa: While our cover article this month focuses on pigs at Hakalau, on the Big Island, another study just published in Pacific Science looks at pigs in the forests of Manoa Valley, on O`ahu. The study, by a … Continued
Pigs Undermine Progress in Restoring Native Bird Habitat at Hakalau Refuge
At Hakalau, the pigs are back. In 2004 and 2005, surveys of the fenced management units at Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge, on the windward slopes of Mauna Kea, showed that six of the eight fenced management units were pig-free … Continued