Update
A Reprieve for Mount Olomana and a Dialogue with Paty On August 24, the Board of Land and Natural Resources revoked the permit of David Fazendin to build a house on Mount Olomana. The action had been recommended by Susumo … Continued
For a House in Lanikai, The Fourth Time's a Charm
“Lanikai Hale,” the name Ralph and Betty Engelstad have given their proposed house on Conservation District land, maybe loosely translated as house of the heavenly sea. The controversy that has surrounded it, however, can fairly be described as hellish. In … Continued
Editorial: Stop the Gambling in Conservation District Land
Residential development of Conservation District land may strike some environmentalists as a trivial problem. Usually, no critical habitat for rare or endangered species is involved. Rarely is the area proposed for development pristine. Nonetheless, the case histories presented here suggest … Continued
Grass Roots
White Elephants on Rampage: Take Careful Aim Conservation District lands were set aside as an attempt to balance growth in certain areas of the state against the public’s need to protect resources. The value of those resources can be economic … Continued
Showdown on Mount Olomana
The request of David Fazendin to build a house on a ridgeline of Mount Olomana, in Windward O`ahu, has received much publicity lately. Just how large a house he will be able to build, and where, are questions unsettled as … Continued
Conservation Terms in Plain English
Here is a guide to some of terms that frequently crop up in discussions of Conservation District use. It is based on Title 13, Subtitle I, Chapters 1 and 2 of the Administrative Rules of the Department of Land and … Continued
A Reader's Guide to Subzones
The Department’s Administrative Rules set forth guidelines for classifying lands into each subzone. This summary is drawn from the copy of the rules (§13-2-11 through §13-2-15) distributed to the public by the Office of Conservation and Environmental Affairs at the … Continued
A Man with 'an Endless Moneypit'
The merits of the application, not the applicant, are to be taken to account by the Land Board in deciding CDUAs. But to anyone trying to understand the Engelstad case, personality may be of more than passing interest. According to … Continued
A Maui Castle is just a House – like the Pyramids are Tombstones!
The application of Indonesian businessman T.P. Liem to build a house on Hawea Point, Maui, provides an excellent illustration of the problems that emerge from a permissive interpretation of Land Board policy with regard to development in Conservation District lands … Continued