A Seattle-based company has taken the first steps toward regulatory approvals of a wave energy project, possibly with an additional wind energy component, off Moloka`i that could generate up to 100 megawatts of electricity, according to the application filed in … Continued
Land Board Extends Deadlines to Complete Timber Mill It’s been about a decade since the state Board of Land and Natural Resources issued a timber land license to Tradewinds Forest Products, LLC, to log a portion of the state’s Waiakea … Continued
Rarely does the tension in a Land Use Commission meeting rise to the level of spine-tingling. But the LUC’s hearing April 30 on the fate of 1,060 acres of Urban land owned by Bridge `Aina Le`a was high drama indeed. … Continued
Last month, the state Land Use Commission began its hearing on the petition of the City and County of Honolulu to amend the land use district boundary around west O`ahu’s Waimanalo Gulch Sanitary Landfill, changing it from Agricultural to Urban. … Continued
Kelly Greenwell was in high dudgeon. Addressing fellow members of the Hawai`i County on the subject of a resolution he had introduced to protest an aerial hunt to eradicate wild cattle in a state forest reserve, Greenwell fulminated, “This was … Continued
<b>Stranding Mystery – Solved:</b> July 3, 2004, saw some 150 melon-headed whales milling about in Hanalei Bay, apparently trying to beach themselves. Most were herded out to sea by a rescue team organized by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; … Continued
Bird Study Reveals, Dispels Overlaps in Diets of Native, Introduced Species Over the past year or so, research on the endangered `akepa (Loxops coccineus) by the husband-and-wife team of University of Hawai`i zoology professor Leonard Freed and Rebecca Cann, also … Continued
You could tell it was a big deal by the throng that had gathered October 15 at the `Iao Congregational Church to hear final arguments in the Na Wai `Eha contested case hearing. People filled the dozen or so rows … Continued
It seemed to come down to integrity versus practicality. And integrity lost. On September 24, the state Land Use Commission heard hours of testimony and debate about whether or not it should grant the City and County of Honolulu a … Continued
The temptation to dismiss reporting violations as mere technical infractions is often strong, especially among the violators. But one of the best explanations of the importance of reporting water use information is found on the website of the Commission on … Continued