Editorial
Who Will Champion Hawai‘i’s Plants? In the 1950s, Joseph Rock, the father of Hawaiian botany, still loved to get out into the field. With the construction of jeep roads during World War II, many of the remote places he had … Continued
Forecasts for a Warming Earth Take Center Stage as Scientists Meet
If the discussions at this year’s meeting of the American Association for the Advance ment of Science are any indication, the only debate about human-induced global warm ing that is meaningful any more is not over whether it will occur, … Continued
Hawai‘i County Eyes Forest Land As Site for New Solid Waste Facility
Since the 1980s, the County of Hawai‘i has operated a “convenience center” at Miloli‘i, a small, remote fishing village in South Kona. For many years, it was a dump by another name. More recently, residents have been able to toss … Continued
New & Noteworthy
A New Contender: Like any self-respecting thug, Aedes (Finlaya) japonicus japonicus (Theobald) has an alias: Ochlerotatus (Finlaya) japonicus (Theobald). Whichever name you choose, you can just call it dangerous. Linda Burnham Larish, an entomologist with the vector control branch of … Continued
Conservation Conference Spotlights Restoration Of Species, Ecosystems
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
Board Talk
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
Hawaiian, State Agencies Race to Reclaim Wao Kele O Puna from Campbell Estate
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
Agencies Will Lobby Legislature for Funds To Plug Geothermal Well
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
STRANGERS IN PARADISE*
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 Conservation Conference, Part II: Islet Restoration in Hawai‘i, Marianas
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