Last July, the Board of Land and Natural Resources authorized the transfer of some 80 acres in Kawai Nui marsh from its Parks Division to the Division of Forestry and Wildlife. A portion of this land is slated to be … Continued
“Given the money being spent, is that likely to have any effect at all on coqui? Will the results of that $2 million have a significant impact on coqui populations? … Is this money going down a rat hole is … Continued
Dispute Over Wainiha Shoreline Fence Now Subject to a Contested Case Hearing Last year, officials with the Kaua`i Planning Department told Dave Smith he wouldn’t get county approval to place a chain-link fence where he proposed to, along the most … Continued
Kanaha Pond Goes Native: The Kanaha Pond Wildlife Sanctuary, near the Kahului, Maui, airport, is getting a face lift. Out are the kiawe, Christmas berry, and date palm trees. In are `ilima, `akulikuli, `ohelo kai, and pohuehue. The floral refurbishment … Continued
“We were, at every step in the process — in regard to sea surface temperature, potential for storm generation, as well as changes regarding precipitation — staggered at what we were seeing,” says Stephen Miller, an ecologist with the U.S. … Continued
Vacant Seats: The Office of Environmental Quality Control has been headless since the departure last May of Ginny Salmonson. Larry Lau, deputy director of the Department of Health, is filling in, but has his hands full with his normal duties. … Continued
The value of marine reserves has been hotly debated recently with last year’s establishment of the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument and the federal determination that overfishing of bottomfish is occurring in the Main Hawaiian Islands. Some have argued that marine … Continued
Officers with the state Division of Conservation Resources and Enforcement spend about as much time performing non-resource related activities, such as providing security for cruise ships, as they do protecting the state’s natural environment, according to University of Hawai`i affiliate … Continued
Since 2005, state law has banned the development of new golf courses on land in the state Agriculture District. Yet last year, when Hokukano Ranch, Inc., submitted its plans for its “Hokukano Preserves” subdivision of 2,895 acres into a hundred … Continued
To hear the owners and their agents describe it, a proposed upscale, gated golf-course subdivision on agricultural land in the lee of Mauna Loa, in the ahupua`a of Hokukano, will do nothing less than heal the damaged relationship between humans … Continued