No Permits for Vacation Rentals in Conservation District To young Leah Suesen, the thought of her hometown becoming a “horizontal hotel” scares her. Suesen, one of more than 100 Ha`ena residents opposed to the proliferation of vacation rentals there, asked … Continued
Imperium Renewables, LLC, a company based in Washington state, has been granted a 35-year lease at O`ahu’s Kalaeloa Harbor, where it plans to produce some 100 million gallons of biodiesel each year. Once it completes its processing facility in 2009, … Continued
Nature Conservancy Withdraws from Honouliuli The Nature Conservancy of Hawai`i has decided to refocus its management efforts on intact native habitats. And because its 3,600-acre Honouliuli preserve contains a mix of native and non-native habitat, TNCH asked the state Department … Continued
Order Barring Mauna Kea Development Prompts UH to Draft Management Plan In August 2006, Third Circuit Judge Glenn Hara reversed the state Board of Land and Natural Resources’ 2004 decision to grant a Conservation District Use Permit to the University … Continued
Land Board Raps Mo`omomi Hui for Unpermitted Shoreline Slab “No treat me like one criminal. No treat me like I did something wrong…. I did something that is good for the community. And I think I better stop myself before … Continued
Citizen Alleges DOCARE Stopped Him From Testifying Before Board The plan was to keep the young men separated, perhaps seat them across the room from each other with enforcement officers on hand to quash any trouble. But that’s not what … Continued
A New Agreement for Wainiha Valley To make way for Hawai`i’s third-largest private nature preserve, the state Board of Land and Natural Resources last month terminated an agreement under which McBryde Sugar Company, Ltd., had surrendered to the state control … Continued
Dispute Over Wainiha Shoreline Fence Now Subject to a Contested Case Hearing Last year, officials with the Kaua`i Planning Department told Dave Smith he wouldn’t get county approval to place a chain-link fence where he proposed to, along the most … Continued
No Permit for Kaloko Irrigation This article has been corrected. The published version had stated that the East Kaua`i irrigation system was run by the Agribusiness Development Corporation. Although that system was poised to be transferred to the ADC in … Continued
Board Fines Coral Disease Expert, Defers Decision on NWHI Permit “You’ve got to ask yourself, are you protecting the resources more by stopping me going up there?” coral disease expert Greta Aeby asked the Board of Land and Natural Resources … Continued