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Board Talk

2 Oct 2025

Board Talk: Maui Wind Farm, Kahala Permit Case

by Teresa | posted in: Board Talk, Climate Change, Energy, Land Use, October 2025 | 0

Land Board Calls For Two Appraisals To Determine Rent for Maui Wind Farm At its September 26 meeting, the state Board of Land and Natural Resources did something unusual. It directed its appraiser to prepare two appraisals for a proposed … Continued

Teresa Dawson
4 Sep 2025

Board Talk: Utility HCPs, New Members

by Teresa | posted in: Board Talk, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Energy, September 2025 | 0

Kaheawa Wind Farm Faces Tight Timeline To Mitigate Nēnē Takes Before Holdover Ends Kaheawa Wind Power I, Maui’s first wind farm, is facing the possibility of being shut down. That’s the consequence if it fails to comply soon with mitigation … Continued

Teresa Dawson
30 Apr 2025

BOARD TALK: UXO Permit, Lahaina Shoreline Easement, and a Cat Sanctuary Permit

by Teresa | posted in: Board Talk, Land Use, May 2025 | 0

Board Members Question Progress Of Army Corps Ordnance Clearing At its April 11 meeting, the state Board of Land and Natural Resources approved a right-of-entry permit to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for remediation work on about 4,000 acres … Continued

Teresa Dawson
2 Apr 2025

BOARD TALK: A Resilience Hub, Marine Debris, Nuisance Algae

by Teresa | posted in: April 2025, Board Talk, Endangered Species, Invasives, Land Use, Marine, NWHI | 0

Land Board Grants 65-year Lease For Oʻahu’s First Resilience Hub Last month, the Department of Land and Natural Resources’s Land Division recommended granting a 10-year lease for nearly five acres in the back of Hauʻula to the nonprofit Hui O … Continued

Teresa Dawson
7 Mar 2025

BOARD TALK: Moloa‘a Well; Ala Wai, Ha‘ena State Park Restroom

by Teresa | posted in: Board Talk, March 2025 | 0

Board Grants Permit to Former Tenant To Close, Remediate Moloaʻa Well Site On February 14, the state Board of Land and Natural Resources granted a right-of-entry permit to allow Jeffrey Lindner to finish capping a well, remove any pipelines and … Continued

Teresa Dawson
30 Dec 2024

BOARD TALK: Hololani, East Maui

by Teresa | posted in: 2025, Board Talk, January 2025 | 0

Board Denies Permits For Hololani Revetment In a 4-3 vote, the state Board of Land and Natural Resources denied a recommendation to amend a 2018 board action to include approvals of a construction right-of-entry permit for a rock revetment fronting … Continued

Teresa Dawson
8 Nov 2024

BOARD TALK: East Hawaiʻi Landowners Are Fined For Conservation District Violations

by Teresa | posted in: Board Talk, Land Use, November 2024 | 2

On October 11, the state Board of Land and Natural Resources voted unanimously to fine Juan and Judith Silva $85,000 for unauthorized modifications to a single-family residence and placement of accessory structures within their 11.8-acre property in the Conservation District … Continued

Teresa Dawson
3 Oct 2024

BOARD TALK: Kahala Resort Abandons Presetting, Proposed Rules for West Hawaiʻi Pākuʻukuʻi

by Teresa | posted in: Board Talk, Fisheries, Land Use, October 2024 | 0

After More Than A Decade of Fighting, Kahala Resort Abandons Chair Presetting “I am pleased to see that Resorttrust Hawaii, LLC has finally thrown in the towel (into the towel caddy placed on its own land),” wrote David Kimo Frankel … Continued

Teresa Dawson
3 Aug 2024

Environment Hawaiʻi Appeals Refusal of BLNR to Hear Marconi Point Testimony

by Teresa | posted in: August 2024, Board Talk | 0

At its meeting of April 26, the Board of Land and Natural Resources was considering proposed fines against landowners at Marconi Point who were alleged to have violated state laws relating to the Conservation District and protected species. Dozens of … Continued

Patricia Tummons
3 Aug 2024

Board Talk: Owner Donates Lot to Settle Violation Cases Over for Illegal Fences, Bird and Bee Deaths

by Teresa | posted in: Agriculture, August 2024, Board Talk, DLNR, Endangered Species, Land Use | 0

In the end, the 4.7-acre oceanfront property that Yue-Sai Kan bought in 2021 for $3.6 million turned out to be more trouble than it was worth. Last month, the media and cosmetics magnate settled violation cases before the state Board … Continued

Teresa Dawson

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IN THIS ISSUE

  • September 2026 PDF August 31, 2026
  • Waikoloa Green Project Wins Favor With County, But Water Issues Loom August 31, 2026
  • Board Talk: East Maui Water August 31, 2026
  • Aerial view of coastal construction site with palms New & Noteworthy: Coco Palms In Court; The True Cost of Salvage August 31, 2026
  • Beleaguered ADC Executive Director Quits in Anticipation of Her Dismissal August 31, 2026
  • Lawsuit Challenges Plan to Mine Seabed Off American Samoa August 31, 2026

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