“To some extent, we’ve been had,” said the chairman of the state Land Use Commission, commenting on the painfully slow progress by landowners to move forward with a development proposed in the area of Puako, on the Kohala Coast of … Continued
A draft agreement between the Hawai`i County Office of Housing and Community Development and Bridge `Aina Le`a calls for Bridge to receive up to two credits for each unit of affordable housing it builds. Under the county Affordable Housing Code, … Continued
Is the third time the charm? The owners of a slice of coastal land in West Hawai`i, the subject of a pending petition before the state Land Use Commission, are hoping so. In January, the final environmental impact statement for … Continued
Board Discussion of Mauna Kea Plan Hints at Controversies Yet to Come “Mauna Kea is where heaven, earth and stars find union. Not just any heaven, but Wakea, not just any earth, but Papahanaumoku, and not just any constellation of … Continued
PingSun Leung and Matthew Loke. “Economic Impacts of Increasing Hawai`i’s Food Self-Sufficiency.” Cooperative Extension Service, Economic Issues, Dec. 2008 (EI-16). Cooperative Extension Service, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, University of Hawai`i at Manoa. David S. Battisti and Rosamond … Continued
Hawai`i’s forests are under siege. The dry forests have long been held up as the poster child for endangered native landscapes, but a recent study suggests the islands’ wetter rain forests face imminent peril as well. The study’s principal author, … Continued
Clearly, Greg Asner would rather not talk about his 15 minutes of fame. “It’s very embarrassing,” he says of his having been named by Popular Science magazine last October as one of its “brilliant 10” scientists and researchers of 2007. … Continued
The invasive plants called out for special attention in the Carnegie Airborne Observatory surveys are among the most destructive of all forest invaders in Hawai`i. What follows is a short thumbnail sketch of each of them: Kahili Ginger, Hedychium gardnerianum … Continued
While sharks play important roles in the world’s marine ecosystems, there are times when we’d like them to just go away. In the case of the longline fishery, sharks can annihilate or scare away a fisherman’s catch, damage fishing gear, … Continued
When positions are authorized and funds appropriated for them by the Legislature, state departments can realize savings when the positions are vacant. But when other employees have to carry the extra workload of the vacancies, the savings can be eroded … Continued