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
Talk about poor timing. On March 17, 2003, shortly after noon, James H. Moy, a professor of molecular bio sciences and bioengineering with the University of Hawai‘i’s College of Tropical Agricul ture and Human Resources, left the Hawai‘i Research Irradiator … Continued
Board Denies Koa Loggers’ Attempt To Subtract Restoration Costs From Fine If Koa Timber and its partner Hawai’i Forest Preservation LLC had their way, they would submit a detailed forest restoration plan to the Board of Land and Natural Resources, … Continued