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Teresa Dawson

31 Jul 2019

Maui Study Finds Bat Core Ranges Are Larger Than Previously Thought

by Teresa | posted in: August 2019 | 0

At the state Endangered Species Recovery Committee (ESRC) meeting last month, members debated the best way to mitigate the effects wind farms have on endangered Hawaiian hoary bats, which are being killed at a rate much higher than expected when … Continued

Teresa Dawson
30 Jun 2019

Invertebrates, Sharks May Suffer Most From Climate Changes in the Pacific

by Teresa | posted in: Climate Change, July 2019, Marine | 0

A recent rapid assessment of 83 marine species from throughout the Pacific found that sharks — including the threatened oceanic whitetip — sea cucumbers, urchins and clams are highly vulnerable to expected climate change effects over the next few decades. … Continued

Teresa Dawson
31 May 2019

Climate Experts Explore Possibility Of Suing to Cover Mitigation Costs

by Teresa | posted in: Climate Change, Energy, June 2019 | 0

Marti Townsend, director of the Sierra Club’s Hawai‘i Chapter, asked the audience crammed into a state capitol conference room last month to imagine a world in which fossil fuel companies in the 1980s took the warnings of its scientists about … Continued

Teresa Dawson
31 May 2019

Wespac’s Maui Resort Junket Cost Roughly $200,000 Above the Norm

by Teresa | posted in: Fisheries, June 2019 | 0

Talk about splurging. Last June, Western Pacific Fishery Management Council members trumpeted a new Main Hawaiian Islands bottomfish stock assessment that allowed them to recommend to the National Marine Fisheries Service a 60 percent increase in the annual catch limit … Continued

Teresa Dawson
31 May 2019

Stakeholders, Board Members Diverge On How to Resolve Kaua‘i Water Fight

by Teresa | posted in: Board Talk, Energy, June 2019, Water | 0

The Kaua‘i Island Utility Cooperative (KIUC) is inching closer to securing a long-term lease for stream diversions that feed two hydroelectric plants on the island’s east side. This month, the utility is expected to release a draft environmental assessment (EA) … Continued

Teresa Dawson
9 May 2019

After 20 Years, ‘Alalā Nest in the Wild Again

by Teresa | posted in: EH-XTRA | 0

“Two ‘alalā in the Pu‘u Maka‘ala Natural Area Reserve have reached a new milestone, one not seen in the forests of Hawaiʻi for almost 20 years. They have built a nest,” The ‘Alalā Project announced in a May 8 press … Continued

Teresa Dawson
1 May 2019

Longliners Chafe at Draft Measures to Protect Endangered Sea Turtles

by Teresa | posted in: Endangered Species, Fisheries, May 2019 | 0

What the National Marine Fisheries Service had proposed was simply unacceptable to Roger Dang, whose family’s longline vessels make up a significant portion of the Hawai‘i swordfish fleet. He likened it to the NBA limiting LeBron James to just two … Continued

Teresa Dawson
1 May 2019

Leatherback Takes in Hawai‘i Fishery Deemed Acceptable in NMFS Proposal

by Teresa | posted in: Endangered Species, Fisheries, May 2019 | 0

Can the 1,424 adult leatherback sea turtles that ply the western Pacific withstand the losses resulting from their interactions with gear set by the Hawai‘i-based longline fishing vessels that target swordfish? A new “internal and deliberative” draft biological opinion (BiOp) … Continued

Patricia Tummons, Teresa Dawson
1 May 2019

Land Board Delays Action on Plan To Move Forward with Water Permits

by Teresa | posted in: Board Talk, May 2019, Water | 0

“Let me first say, what you’re doing is long overdue. It’s something we need to do and it’s taken a long time for us to get to this point,” Stanley Roehrig told Ian Hirokawa of the Department of Land and … Continued

Teresa Dawson
1 May 2019

County Planners Embrace Exposure Area, But Face Resistance, Technical Obstacles

by Teresa | posted in: Climate Change, May 2019 | 0

For the second legislative session since the state unveiled its Sea Level Rise Vulnerability and Adaptation Report, bills based on the report’s recommendations largely failed. Among those were bills that would have forced sellers of real property to disclose whether … Continued

Teresa Dawson

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  • A Suspicious Contract, A Defeated Legislator, And a Department Hellbent on Hiring Him June 1, 2026
  • New & Noteworthy: Rudo statement, Kuilima Hearing June 1, 2026
  • Marconi Point Litigation Updates June 1, 2026

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