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State To Exchange Lands With Kapalua Developer Does an exchange of 226.545 acres of ceded ag land in Lahaina for 1.432 acres of private land at a Waikele industrial park sound fair? To the state Office of Hawaiian Affairs, it … Continued
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DLNR to Revamp Commercial Use Rules After Getting an Earful from the Public A new permit system for surf schools, kayak renters and other commercial operations multiplying like bunnies along Hawai’i’s beaches is probably not going to be in place … Continued
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Board Revisits Decision To Remove Private Land From Kealia Reserve On August 13, the state Board of Land and Natural Resources once again removed a 2,400-acre parcel owned by Cornerstone Hawai’i Holdings, LLC, from Kaua’i’s Kealia Forest Reserve. This time … Continued
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Board Makes its Choice for Maui Wind Power Developer “This is Matt,” Land Division administrator Dierdre Mamiya told the Board of Land and Natural Resources, motioning toward a bespectacled young man to her right. And, she added, contrary to what … Continued
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State Parks Division to Investigate Future of Cabins at Koke’e, Kaua’i In three years, all of the state leases for the old cabins in Koke’e will end. Whether they will continue to be leased for 20-year terms, be turned into … Continued
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East Maui Water Dispute Heats Up With Hearing Officer’s Recommendation “By the time water gets to our patch, it’s warm,” says Beatrice Kekahuna, age 74. Warm water may be good for bathing, but for Kekahuna and other East Maui taro … Continued
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Damon Estate Hopes to Avoid Fine, Restore Logged Lands in Ka’u In April, the Board of Land and Natural Resources fined Damon Estate $480,335 for allowing Steve’s Ag Services to take hundreds of trees from Conservation District land owned by … Continued
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Waging pretend war is becoming popular on O`ahu’s lush northeastern landscape. In the last couple of years, war movies starring Nicholas Cage and Bruce Willis, filmed at Kualoa and Waikane, made rubber-neckers out of anyone driving the winding two-lane road … Continued
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Pu`uwa`awa`a Council Deadline Nears; Foundation Withdraws Financial Support April 15 is more than the deadline for filing your federal taxes; it’s also the deadline for applying for a position on the Department of Land and Natural Resources’ advisory council for … Continued
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Sugar Cove Quibbles Over Quality of Sand Sugar Cove’s efforts to protect the shoreline should be commended, Land Division planner Sam Lemmo told the Board of Land and Natural Resources at its January 11 meeting. But their approach needs some … Continued