Secrets of Waimea: The secret mediation surrounding the recent agreement by state, federal, and private agencies to pay $14 million for Waimea Valley are no longer secret. At the request of court-appointed mediator Clyde Matsui, First Circuit Judge Gary Chang … Continued
Maui Wind Farm Disputes Damages, Get Reduced Fine For Gulch Dump The access road to the long-awaited wind farm at Ukumehame, Maui, being built by Kaheawa Wind Power, LLC, broke ground last September – a little too much ground. Four … Continued
Whether or not environmental assessments or impact statements should have a shelf life is an old question, but it has gained traction lately with the recent resurrection of a 20-year-old project: The expansion of Turtle Bay resort, on the North … Continued
On the whole, the Department of Land and Natural Resources fared pretty well in the state budget for fiscal year 2007. Total operational expenses allowed for the department in the year that starts July 1 come to $91,127,749. When stacked … Continued
It seems no decision regarding activities in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands is made without some controversy. Last summer, when the state Board of Land and Natural Resources established a no-take marine refuge in state waters around the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, … Continued
On September 23, 1986, Kuilima Development Company and the trustees of the Estate of James Campbell signed a Unilateral Agreement and Declaration for Conditional Zoning. The documents bound them to fulfilling 14 conditions that the Honolulu City Council had requested … Continued
Up to 10 Galapagos Sharks May Be Culled To Protect Seal Pups at Northwestern Shoals Galapagos sharks began preying on still-nursing monk seal pups at French Frigate Shoals only within the last decade, according to monk seal expert George “Bud” … Continued
“A great deal of effort and funds have been directed toward protection and preservation of the NWHI, but the focus has largely been on direct human impacts (e.g., disturbance, hunting, fishing, introduced species). The effectiveness of these measures could be … Continued
The work is freighted with embarrassingly overwrought prose (“unfurling fronds of fern … green vessels of vegetal life”), sappy reflections (“What unexpected twists and turns of endangered species conservation this journey has taken, I later muse. A library in Philadelphia, … Continued
• “… the triangular island’s southern half…” (p. 3). Was Walters really on the Big Island at all? In what geometric system is it triangular? (A Big Island map does appear as an illustration on page 9 of the book, … Continued