“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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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