As the threat to Hawai‘i’s native species and ecosystems grows with each invasive introduction, the Hawai‘i Conservation Alliance’s annual conference has also grown. This year’s conference on restoration had more speakers than ever before. Highlights of the gathering were the … Continued
Tradewinds Partners With Energy Firm, Negotiates New Timber License Terms “My question for the last year has been: Do we have the right project?” With that remark, Tim Johns of the state Board of Land and Natural Resources voiced his … Continued
Last winter, Joshua Stanbro, Hawai‘i project manager for the non-profit Trust for Public Land, had a strong hunch that federal funds available through the Forest Legacy program would not be enough to buy 25,856 acres in east Hawai‘i known as … Continued
Campbell Estate’s geothermal well in Wao Kele O Puna – KA1-1 – penetrates 7,000 feet deep into the flanks of Kilauea volcano. Drilled more than a decade ago, the well has a life of 20 to 30 years, after which … Continued
Author of Coqui Report Underscores Ecological Risks of Invading Frogs “Study says coqui isn’t ecological scourge,” read the headline in the Honolulu Advertiser on August 28. The article, by former Advertiser reporter Timothy Hurley, discussed a report on the coqui … Continued
Hawai‘i’s many offshore islets may be eye candy to visitors and residents alike. But, as Chris Swenson of the Fish and Wildlife Service noted during last summer’s Hawai‘i Conservation Conference at the Convention Center in Waikiki, they are also ecologically … Continued
Escargot, Anyone? Add another species to Hawai`i’s list of strange wee beasties. Researchers at the University of Hawai`i have discovered on Maui a native caterpillar that dines exclusively on native snails. Daniel Rubinoff and William P. Haines, both of the … Continued
On June 25, the National Marine Fisheries Service published proposed regulations intended to put into effect the limits on fishing for bigeye tuna in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean set by the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission. The service had already … Continued
If Lyle Wong is nothing else, he is persistent. For thirty-plus years, Wong, who is the head of the Plant Industry Division of the state Department of Agriculture, has been a true believer in the power of irradiation to cure … Continued
If we truly want to develop Hawai‘i agricul tural products, it is important that the flow of those products to the mainland market is not monopolized,” irradiator developer Michael Kohn told Environment Hawai‘i in explaining his reason for pushing forward … Continued