Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park is a big place — nearly 350 square miles. But the already expansive park may grow by nearly 50 percent if the National Park Service can round up the funds to purchase a major chunk of … Continued
Walk Softly and Hear the Valley Sing As I kayak on the north coast of Hawai`i, I glimpse a rocky point over the crests of waves. Then I drop into the trough where I must paddle, paddle. The froth mingles … Continued
The meeting of the Society of Conservation Biology in Hilo last summer was a veritable feast for science junkies and journalists interested in the latest research on issues relating to Hawai`i’s troubled native species. Our reporting on some of the … Continued
Environmental Entrepreneurs Last fall, Kailua residents who walk the crescent-shaped trail around Kawainui Marsh might have noticed the changes. Small islands of paper bark and octopus trees interspersed through the cattails and bulrushes were disappearing, and green space along the … Continued
Land Board Seeks to Develop Policy On Undersea Communication Cables The Wai`anae coast is already home to O`ahu’s main power plant and major landfills. In the last decade, its shores have been littered with underwater cables, and according to Wai`anae … Continued
The Energy Costs Of Caching Carbon The treatise on carbon dioxide sequestration in the September cover article of Environment Hawai`i is a heroic effort, based on what the scientists and the environmentalists have propounded. However, I have found missing from … Continued
At Chris Rathbun’s lu`au leaf farm in the lush, wet valley of Waipi`o, the ancient auwai have always worked perfectly, he says. But every place he’s tried to fiddle with an auwai or do his own maintenance, the water doesn’t … Continued
Frank Howarth knows about dengue. “It’s horrible,” the Bishop Museum entomologist says. “Breakbone fever – it’s well named.” Howarth contracted the disease years ago in Laos, but memories of the suffering remain clear and strong. Howarth is encountering the disease … Continued
Pulelehua Lei Pimoe i ka `ehukai Pimoe wears a wreath of sea spray E Kanaio puna i ke kai Springs of Kanaio by the sea Onaona no kou `ala Sweet, your fragrance Aloha wau ia `oe I love you . … Continued
Discussions with Department of Land and Natural Resources staff about permitting requirements led to discussions with kalo farmers statewide and resulted in an effort to put together some guidance for people renewing the traditional use of lo`i kalo. Many of … Continued