For many, Hana is the idyllic little country town at the end of a scenic drive along Maui’s windward coast. Its small bay, churches, and rolling green pastures are reminiscent of an era many today feel nostalgia for. But Hana’s … Continued
Carter Atkinson bends over the microscope. Quickly, and with surgical precision, he cuts open a doped mosquito and pulls out its gut. Atkinson, a biologist with the U.S. Geological Survey’s Biological Resources Division at Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park, takes just … Continued
The long-awaited plan for private management of natural resources in the Big Island ahupua`a of Pu`uwa`awa`a has been submitted to the Board of Land and Natural Resources. Ka `Ahahui `o Pu`uwa`awa`a submitted the plan in late January. The group is … Continued
On June 8, the state Board of Land and Natural Resources is scheduled to hear a proposal from its forestry staff to have a private company log about 9,000 acres of plantation timber in Waiakea, an area a short hop … Continued
Soul Food in Pupukea Two years ago, Bill Howes was at the end of his rope. He had been fighting for five years to get the North Shore Country Market (NSCM) firmly established in Pupukea, and the community-based non-profit organization … Continued
On July 6, 1998, Edward Brodie of the Hilo office of the Division of Forestry and Wildlife conducted an inspection along the southwest boundary of the Hilo Forest Reserve. His written report noted two “cattle trespass areas, one small, one … Continued
What, exactly, are the terms of the Waiakea Timber Management license that the state proposes to issue to Tradewinds Forest Products and the impacts of the license on other public resources? Here is a summary: Revenues How much does the … Continued
Kaua`i’s Rare Plants Need Protection from Goats On San Clemente Island off Southern California, the problem was simple: goats were eating the myriad of endemic species almost to extinction. The Navy, which was managing the area, set forth on a … Continued
The `Iao aquifer is the second largest in the state – but to Maui County residents, no other aquifer matches it in importance. Located deep within the mountains of West Maui, it is the source of three quarters of all … Continued