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30 Sep 2014

State, Forest Service Collaborate On Big Island Experimental Forest

by Teresa | posted in: January 2007 | 0

“We’re very excited… This is a big deal,” Peter Young told members of the public at last month’s Board of Land and Natural Resources meeting. The board, which Young chairs, had just approved a 35-year cooperative agreement with the U.S. … Continued

30 Sep 2014

Finally, a Schedule for Contested Case Over Charge of Wasting Maui Stream Water

by Teresa | posted in: January 2007, Water | 0

Get out your score cards. Rancorous disputes over long-standing diversions of water from four Central Maui streams are coming to a head, and keeping track of the teams and their plays is becoming complicated. The diversions go back as far … Continued

30 Sep 2014

State to Dole Out Nearly $5 Million in Aid To Fishermen and for Fisheries Research

by Teresa | posted in: January 2007 | 0

Last month, nearly four years after Congress appropriated the money, the state Department of Land and Natural Resources’ Division of Aquatic Resources was poised to begin distributing more than $2 million in direct aid to fishermen and fishing groups affected … Continued

30 Sep 2014

State Agencies Hedge in Commitment to Conservation, Efficiency, Recycling

by Teresa | posted in: June 2007 | 0

When the Legislature passed the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2007 last month, it put the state on track for a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 to 1990 levels, or lower. But state agencies had already been put … Continued

30 Sep 2014

Paper, Plastics, Deposit Containers: Recyclables Go Up in H-POWER's Smoke

by Teresa | posted in: July 2007 | 0

In 1995, the City and County of Honolulu recycled 149 tons of office paper. The amount it received from the recycler – $12,321 – wasn’t a lot, but when you consider that the city was able to avoid hauling and … Continued

30 Sep 2014

Endangered Red `Ilima at Puako Vanishes in the Course of a Decade

by Teresa | posted in: March 2008 | 0

The land proposed for development as the Villages of `Aina Le`a is covered for the most part with scrub. When botanist Evangeline Funk surveyed the area in 1991, she found fountain and buffel grass, mesquite trees, and koa haole – … Continued

30 Sep 2014

Counties Look to Technology, Permit Changes To Manage Growing Stream of Landfilled Trash

by Teresa | posted in: June 2007 | 0

If Mike Nichols were remaking The Graduate, it’s a good chance Mr. McGuire’s advice to Ben Braddock would be altered to reflect the changing times. Here’s how their dialogue might go today: “I just want to say one word to … Continued

30 Sep 2014

Amid Contradictory Data, One Thing Stands Out: Garbage is a Growth Industry

by Teresa | posted in: June 2007 | 0

How solid are the state’s statistics on solid waste? That question arose as Environment Hawai`i began research for the articles that appear elsewhere in this issue. Consider this example from Maui. In a recent report from a consultant hired to … Continued

30 Sep 2014

Conservation Easement at Kealakekua: What Will Feds Purchase for $4 Million?

by Teresa | posted in: November 2007 | 0

Is it an exemplary act of charity? Or is it a scheme to get rich at the expense of taxpayers? In either case, is it a worthwhile project? Those are a few of the tough questions that inevitably arise after … Continued

30 Sep 2014

Potential Benefits to Landowner from Forest Legacy Easement

by Teresa | posted in: November 2007 | 0

To private landowners, participation in the Forest Service’s Forest Legacy Program can be an opportunity to do good by conserving forest lands in perpetuity – and to do well through a variety of lucrative benefits. In the case of the … Continued

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In This Issue

  • April 2026 PDF April 1, 2026
  • LUC Members Weigh in on Bills To Expand, or Shrink, Their Powers April 1, 2026
  • Governor Proposes Few Changes In Makeup of LUC Membership April 1, 2026
  • New & Noteworthy: CNMI-ning; Haleakalā Trail Hearing April 1, 2026
  • East Maui Water Litigation Roundup April 1, 2026
  • Storm Damage Leaves Wailuku Water In Financial Peril, Company Reports April 1, 2026
  • A Cancelled DAB Contract Seems To Have Been for Help with Testimony April 1, 2026
  • Board Talk: Land Board Votes to Acquire Wahiawā Irrigation System April 1, 2026

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