March 2010 PDF
March 2010
Land Use Commission Tries but Fails to Resolve Dispute over Kuilima Resort
The stand-off between Kuilima Resort Company (KRC) and the community groups opposing its proposed 3,500-unit expansion of north O`ahu’s Turtle Bay Resort is officially in limbo. At the state Land Use Commission’s February 4 meeting, commissioners came within one vote … Continued
State Supreme Court Hears Arguments Over Supplemental Review of Kuilima Expansion
At the state Land Use Commission’s February 4 meeting, the state Office of Planning and representatives of Kuilima Resort Company briefly discussed their recent efforts to reach some kind of agreement over how the company’s proposed expansion of north O`ahu’s … Continued
In Push to Cut State Budget, Lingle Deals Crushing Blow to Environment Programs
Almost daily, the reading public in Hawai`i learns of drastic cuts to the biggest social programs in state government – programs dealing with health care, education, social services. Unheralded in the press are the punishing blows that are being dealt … Continued
Water Commission Defers Vote on East Maui Stream Restoration
Deferrals are always anticlimactic, but there didn’t seem to be any way the state Commission on Water Resource Management could have amended the interim instream flow standards (IIFS) of 19 East Maui streams based on the voluminous, yet sorely insufficient, … Continued
Some Progress Reported at Kohala Site that Won Reprieve from LUC
After a year of ups and downs, work on a development near Puako, Hawai`i, finally seems to be getting under way, some two decades after the project was first proposed to the state Land Use Commission. As reported in the … Continued
NEW & NOTEWORTHY: Invasive Snakes, Invasive Algae
Snakes on Planes: The brown tree snake has long been among the most feared of potentially invasive species in Hawai`i. An article in the current edition of Pacific Science sets forth in dire detail some of the economic reasons such fears are justified. … Continued