At its January 10 meeting, the Board of Land and Natural Resources accepted Dole Food Company’s offer of $39,000 to settle a dispute over whether the company inadvertently sold the state 58.54 acres in Central O‘ahu that the state already … Continued
Tibouchina Biocontrol: The state Department of Agriculture has released a draft environmental assessment for the statewide release of a small Brazilian beetle, Syphraea uberabensis, to controlcane tibouchina, a noxious weed, and related species. According to the draft EA, noticed inthe Office of Environmental … Continued
In late November, the Hawai‘i deep-set longline fleet, which targets bigeye tuna, caught three false killer whales in federal waters off the Big Island. All of them were release alive, but had been hooked in the mouth area and freed with … Continued
Board Approves Acquisition Of Ahupua‘a in East Moloka‘i The state’s purchase of the 800-acre Pua‘ahala ahupua‘a in East Moloka‘i has been years in the making and is a key part of a fencing project aimed at protecting some of the … Continued
On December 23, the Honolulu Climate Change Commission approved guidance on how the Department of Planning and Permitting (DPP) should update the city’s shoreline setback ordinance, which has not been significantly amended in a decade. The ordinance — which Matt Gonser … Continued
‘Aina Le‘a Keeps Whiffing: Since August, ‘Aina Le‘a, Inc., has been attempting to win approval from the Hawai‘i County Planning Department of an environmental impact statement preparation notice, or EISPN. The notice is a necessary first step in moving forward with construction … Continued
“No pressure, but history is in your hands,” attorney Pamela Bunn told the Commission on Water Resource Management during oral arguments in the Na Wai Eha contested case hearing, held November 19 in Wailuku. Fifteen years after Earthjustice, on behalf … Continued
One would think home buyers might want to conduct due diligence investigations before they close on a home along Sunset Beach that looks as though it might not survive the winter swells without some fortification. One would also think the … Continued
Sunset Beach homeowners Gary and Cynthia Stanley may have bought some time to keep their unauthorized sandbag burrito pile in place through the winter by requesting a contested case hearing from the Board of Land and Natural Resources (see Board … Continued
Can’t Cool Down: More than a decade ago at the Hawai‘i Conservation Conference, Stephen Miller of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service office in Honolulu expressed his concern about the pace at which nighttime temperatures at high elevations were rising: … Continued