Letters
Praise and an Update from Wahiawa Dam Owner To the Editor: I want to compliment you on the accuracy and balance in Teresa Dawson’s article on the Wahiawa Dam and Reservoir in your August issue. Good journalism will play an … Continued
The Decline and Fall of the Po`ouli: A Cautionary Tale of Delay, Dissent
Recently, it seems as though there’s a boom market in books about endangered species that have gone or are well on their way to extinction. And Hawai`i, unfortunately, offers no shortage of candidate subjects. Two years ago, there was Mark … Continued
Declaring War on Climate Change
“This is not a cheerful talk, but it’s based on the best science available,” coral reef expert John “Charlie” Veron told the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council at its June meeting in Honolulu. And while Veron’s talk stuck out like … Continued
Fishing Council Relaxes Turtle Limits, NMFS to Initiate New Biological Opinion
How close is too close to quasi-extinction? It’s a subjective question, Melissa Snover told the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council at its June meeting. But in light of the council’s recent recommendation to lift the effort limits on Hawai`i’s shallow-set … Continued
BOARD TALK: Rock Thieves, Aeby Controversy, and Green Energy
A wrong date that appeared in the printed version has been corrected. O`ahu Men Are Fined $3,050 Each For Raiding Maui Stones for Imu On July 11, the state Board of Land and Natural Resources fined Hawai`i Superferry passengers Charlie … Continued
New & Noteworthy
Tradewinds Moves Forward: The company that has been holding for years the right to harvest trees from the state’s Waiakea Forest Reserve, near Hilo, has taken a step forward. The company, Tradewinds LLC, has signed an agreement with the Big … Continued
New & Noteworthy: Tuna, Research, and Wind Power
Tuna Little, Tuna Late? At last month’s meeting of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission in Guam, the central issue on the table was how to conserve bigeye and yellowfin tuna stocks. And according to Paul Dalzell, senior scientist … Continued
State Designation of Important Ag Lands Hinges on Passage of Incentives Package
For two days early last October, the Kohala Center, a sustainability think tank, sponsored what it called a food security summit at the Sheraton Keauhou Bay Resort and Spa. At times, though, it seemed more like an old-fashioned revival meeting. … Continued
Honokohau Marina Project Veers From Master Development Agreement
Late last year, Kona citizens opposed to the 530-acre marina project known as Kona Kai Ola – which proposes the expansion of Honokohau small boat harbor and the construction of roughly 1,500 hotel and timeshare units on raw coastal land … Continued
Supreme Court Remands Moloka`i Cases to Water Commission, Finding Error
The state Commission on Water Resource Management would seem to have a hard time getting things right. Twice the Supreme Court has remanded back to the commission its decisions on the Waiahole ditch contested case, and a third appeal in … Continued