More than one-sixth — 3.7 million tons a year — of Hawai`i’s carbon emissions come from cars, trucks, and other vehicles. And a large fraction of that, in turn, is generated by daily commutes of workers and students, shopping trips, … Continued
According to Tim Johns, the head of the Department of Land and Natural Resources, when it comes to dealing with the closing sugar operations, “The state needs to be proactive, not reactive. There is a direct interest — state lands … Continued
In the next year or two, the Kona Coast of the island of Hawai’i will be the site of an experiment intended to help scientists gauge the feasibility of a technique called ocean sequestration of carbon. Among many policy makers … Continued
Contested Case To Be Held For Maunalua Bay Dredging “I ask for help, help, help. Nobody gives help,” Marshall Rosa told the Board of Land and Natural Resources at its meeting on July 7. Rosa entered the meeting carrying a … Continued
After 25 Years, Moloka`i Ranch Tries To Close Down Its Wild Game Business Moloka`i Ranch is in the final phases of closing its Wildlife Conservation Park, a drive-through tourist attraction featuring wild animals — zebras, giraffes, eland, oryx, Barbary sheep … Continued
The History of the Introduction Of Pronghorn Antelope to Lana`i In 1959, the state Department of Agriculture and Conservation (later bifurcated into the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Land and Natural Resources) undertook to introduce pronghorn antelope to … Continued
Board Yields on Permit to Dredge Hawai`i Kai Channel to Maunalua Bay The Board of Land and Natural Resources has given conditional approval to a request to dredge a channel between Maunalua Bay and the private Kuapa Pond, centerpiece of … Continued
Off the windswept, isolated coast of northwestern Moloka`i, a three-year experiment in Native Hawaiian management of nearshore fisheries is at a crossroads. The legislative authorization for the experiment has run its course, but the group that undertook it remains hopeful … Continued
The Lu`uwai family of Makena, Maui, fished the nearshore waters of Ahihi-Kina`u for decades until 1973, when the area became the state’s first designated Natural Area Reserve, where boating and fishing are prohibited. Now, the Lu`uwais are breaking new ground … Continued
In the March 1998 issue of Environment Hawai`i, Teresa Menard questioned the stability of the host preference of Phyllonorycter myricae Dechka, an exotic gracillariid moth proposed for introduction into Hawai`i as a biological control agent against fayatree, or Myrica faya … Continued