Hawai`i and virtually all other oceanic Pacific islands lack native terrestrial snakes. Consequently, the native birds lack adaptive behaviors to deal with these predators. The apparently inadvertent introduction of the brown tree snake (Boiga irregularis) into Guam well illustrates the … Continued
The taro lo`i of Ke`anae and Wailuanui in East Maui are surely among the most photographed in the islands, ranking high along with the famous patchwork of irrigated rice and taro fields at Hanalei Valley on Kaua`i or the shimmering … Continued
The term of the first water license granted to Alexander and Baldwin was 20 years. Now, more than a century after that first license expired in 1896, A&B and its subsidiary, East Maui Irrigation Company, Ltd., take water from the … Continued
The administration of Big Island mayor Steve Yamashiro has adopted a policy that could lead to a new round of substandard subdivisions – not in Puna and Ka’u this time, but marching up the Hamakua Coast and around the north … Continued
The administration of Big Island Mayor Steve Yamashiro has embarked on a series of zone changes whose primary beneficiaries are private landowners. One of the largest and earliest of these is the boundary amendment petition covering lands in North Kona … Continued
Fruit fly eradication has been all but aban–doned in Hawai’i in favor of post-harvest commodity treatments – irradiation, in particular. This is despite the demonstrated technological feasibility of eradication in Okinawa, California, and Florida. As late as 1993, members of … Continued
Closing arguments have been heard in the contested case hearing on a proposal to blast a marina on more than 900 acres of land in the ‘Ewa Plan. Robert Nakata, the hearing of–ficer appointed by the Commission on Water Resource … Continued
HELCO Ke’ahole Plant Expansion Faces New Challenge in Court Opponents of plans to add 58 megawatts of generating capacity to the power plant at Ke’ahole have sued the company and several state officials in Third Circuit Court. The lawsuit alleges … Continued
On the morning of Sunday, July 22, 1990, residents of Hilo awoke to news of a chemical spill that was causing traffic to back up along Kalaniana`ole Avenue, the main road extending along the southern shore of Hilo Bay through … Continued