After holding 19 scoping meetings that reached more than 500 members of the public, the state Division of Aquatic Resources last month presented to the Board of Land and Natural Resources proposed rule amendments aimed at protecting herbivore species that … Continued
Case No. 1: On May 28, 2021, based on two anonymous tips about a vessel’s chain dragging along the sea floor and damaging coral, staff from three divisions within the state Department of Land and Natural Resources boarded a 54-foot red … Continued
On December 9, the Land Board backtracked on its November 10 decision regarding the continuation of four revocable water permits to Alexander & Baldwin, Inc., and East Maui Irrigation Co., which A&B co-owns with Mahi Pono, LLC. Mahi Pono grows … Continued
“Hopefully we can put to rest, at least for a couple years, all the East Maui water issues,” Mike Buck said at the October meeting of the state Commission on Water Resource Management. Alas, that would not be the case … Continued
On November 15, the Water Commission approved a settlement with Olowalu Water Company, LLC of a violation case commission staff brought in October. Staff had initially recommended that the commission find that the company had violated the interim instream flow … Continued
On November 10, the state Board of Land and Natural Resources approved a settlement over an unauthorized seawall built by James and Denise O’Shea in 2017 after the one that had fronted their Sunset Beach home for decades collapsed. The … Continued
In April, press releases from the state Commission on Water Resource Management and the Earthjustice law firm trumpeted the commission’s decision that month to restore five streams on Molokaʻi for the first time in more than a century. Broadcast, print, … Continued
NEW & NOTEWORTHYʻĀina Leʻa Update: On October 7, 3rd Circuit Judge Wendy DeWeese approved the sale of roughly 38 acres of land in the Big Island district of South Kohala to Romspen Investment, one of the several creditors of ʻĀina … Continued
“I almost can’t believe I’m going to say this,” said commissioner Mike Buck before moving to defer taking action on alleged violations of the interim instream flow standard (IIFS) for Olowalu Stream in West Maui. At the commission’s October 18 … Continued
In September, Water Commission hydrologist Ayron Strauch presented a draft proposal to amend the interim instream flow standards of 11 streams in East Maui that were not part of a 2018 contested case hearing decision and order amending about two … Continued