The state Commission on Water Resource Management has six members. Two are members by virtue of their having been appointed to cabinet-level positions by the governor. These two are the head of the state Department of Land and Natural Resources, … Continued
Navy Looks At Expanding Missile Range To Northwestern Islands, Johnston Atoll The Navy’s Pacific Missile Range Facility, in western Kaua’i, is planning to expand its ground-based launch capability to other islands and atolls in the Northwest Hawaiian chain and to … Continued
A government effort to eradicate Hawai’i’s four non-native fruit fly species “lit up, exploded, then fizzled in about six or seven years.” That’s the way the effort has been described by Mike Kido, a former member of the Hawai’i Fruit … Continued
Land Board Settles DHHL Claims With Transfer of Five More Parcels On April 9, 1998, the Land Board voted to amend a four-year old land agreement between the Department of Land and Natural Resources and the Department of Hawaiian Homelands … Continued
“It’s amazing, the amount of power — there really is a lot of power on the board.” That’s the view of Chris Yuen, former Big Island member of the Board of Land and Natural Resources, who was interviewed in the … Continued
Kauila A legend relates that there was a time when stormy weather prevented the men from diving for water. There were two supernatural turtles who had come out of the ocean to Punalu`u: Honu-po`o-kea (Turtle-with-white-head), the mother; and Honu-`ea (Turtle-with … Continued
“Should the dam collapse, a flood wave could envelop the communities of Waialua and Hale`iwa within 40 minutes…. Human safety is the primary concern,” states a report to the 1996 Legislature written by the Wahiawa Reservoir Task Force. The group … Continued
It’s right there in black and white: “DLNR does not have any documentation of a Registration of Stream Diversion Works and Declaration of Water Use, a Stream Diversion Works Permit, or a Water Use Permit for Moloa`a Ditch.” Since the … Continued