Hawai`i is a state abundant in laws intended to guarantee public rights that in other states have been eroded by private development. On the books, therefore, are statutes enshrining the public’s right to coastal access and reserving to the public … Continued
In July of 1990, the small windward community of Lanikai, O’ahu, bade farewell to its homegrown recycling program and welcomed the offer of the City and County of Honolulu to take over with once-a-week curbside pickup. The Lanikai Association had … Continued
Geothermal energy has a lot in common with rail transit. Both are big-ticket items and, if they are built out, they hold the promise of jobs for the state’s most powerful unions and contracts for its most influential engineering and … Continued
In early 1990, Grant and Sharon Gerrish bought a lot in Laupahoehoe Valley, on the Big Island north of Hilo. The land was about an acre and a third large — just right for the modest house and garden that … Continued
In 1879, three years after King Kalakaua signed the Treaty of Reciprocity with the United States, which opened wide the door to sugar growers, the Pacific Sugar Mill was chartered to do business on the extreme northern end of the … Continued
People living and camping at Makua Beach have attracted the wrath of the Army from time to time over the years of Army occupation of Makua Valley. Now, as in the 1960s and 1970s, the Army is trying to get … Continued
In Maui County, water is in short supply. The county is scrambling to develop new sources to keep pace with the development that is under way and planned. At a recent briefing of the state Commission on Water Resource Management, … Continued
In this issue of Environment Hawai`i, the operations of the City and County of Honolulu Department of Parks and Recreation at two of its sites are examined in some detail. Work at one site, Salt Lake, involves the construction of … Continued
MVP does not mean most valuable player — at least not in the parlance of scientists concerned with saving endangered species. To them, the initials stand for minimum viable population, or the number of members of a given species absolutely … Continued
Rome wasn’t built in a day. Had the Department of Land and Natural Resources been in charge, it wouldn’t be built yet. This issue of Environment Hawai’i revisits several controversial issues that have fallen into the lap of the DLNR. … Continued