How long must federal taxpayers wait to see their purchase of land for a wildlife refuge in South Kona bear fruit? As Environment Hawai’i reported last October and November, the Fish and Wildlife Service had been so entangled in litigation … Continued
The Land Board Shuts Out the Public Assume, for the moment, that the public has a right to know what the agencies that control resources it owns do with those resources. You might want to have a law, say, that … Continued
Wekiu Mauna Kea, kuahiwi ku ha’o i ka malie. Mauna Kea, standing alone in the calm. ‘Olelo No’eau Hawaiian Proverbs & Poetical Sayings, by Mary Kawena Pukui (1983) Mauna Kea is prominent in Hawaiian cultural and natural history. When measured … Continued
“I bought a piece of property and I improved it. Nobody wanted it when I bought it. My own daughter said it’s the worst piece of property she ever saw and I made the biggest mistake of my life,” said … Continued
Wednesday, February 26, 2 a.m. The Little Annou, a Maltese-registered freighter, pulls into the Port of Hilo. The hatches to its huge holds open and its cranes unfold. The first of dozens of freight trucks that are queued up along … Continued
Peter Young, the new director of the Department of Land and Natural Resources, recently granted interviews to Environment Hawai`i editor Patricia Tummons and staff writer Teresa Dawson. Here are excerpts: What are your goals, your vision for the department? As … Continued
Protecting Plants, When It’s Convenient In celebrating 2003 as the Year of the Hawaiian Forest, Environment Hawai`i is reprinting historical records that depict changes in its forested landscape over the last two centuries. This month’s selection is taken from minutes … Continued
It may seem counter-intuitive to imagine that a coal-fired power plant is more beneficial to sea life than a sugar mill. But in the years since Hilo Coast Processing Company stopped using bagasse and started using coal, corals in the … Continued