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30 Jan 2020

Patron Who Finds Snail in Sandwich Sues Big Island Health Food Store

by Teresa | posted in: February 2020 | 0

Correction: Argon Steel, Ph.D., informed Environment Hawai`i that the bleach solution used in testing possible effective vegetable washes was household bleach, which was diluted 25 percent, so the actual dilution was 1.5 percent bleach. Also, the chlorine that was used … Continued

Patricia Tummons
30 Jan 2020

Board Talk: Board Grants Entry Permit To Maintain Kaua‘i Ditch System

by Teresa | posted in: Board Talk, February 2020 | 0

Last year, when renewing several revocable permits to water users in the process of acquiring long-term leases from the Land Board, the DLNR’s Land Division reported that one longtime permittee was dropping out. The East Kaua‘i Water Users’ Cooperative, which … Continued

Teresa Dawson
30 Jan 2020

Board Talk: Board Imposes Maximum Fine For Illegal Vacation Rental in Kona

by Teresa | posted in: Board Talk, February 2020 | 0

On January 24, the Land Board fined Caroline Killeen and her family trust $17,000 for using their oceanfront home in South Kona as a vacation rental for the last decade. Rules for the state Conservation District, in which the home … Continued

Teresa Dawson
30 Jan 2020

Board Talk: Board Denies Contested Case Over East Maui Water Permits

by Teresa | posted in: Board Talk, February 2020 | 0

At its January 24 meeting, the Land Board voted to deny — for a second time — a contested case hearing request on an item heard at its October 11 meeting. At that October meeting, during her testimony in opposition … Continued

Teresa Dawson
30 Jan 2020

Board Talk: Turtle Nesting, Post-Walaka

by Teresa | posted in: Board Talk, February 2020 | 0

“You will have a lot of females wasting a lot of energy, digging down, and they will dig all night. And they will hit that hard pack, hit the bottom, and they’ll dig and they’ll dig and they’ll dig and … Continued

Teresa Dawson
30 Jan 2020

Board Talk: Board Settles Helemano Land Fight For a Fraction of Appraised Values

by Teresa | posted in: Board Talk, February 2020 | 0

At its January 10 meeting, the Board of Land and Natural Resources accepted Dole Food Company’s offer of $39,000 to settle a dispute over whether the company inadvertently sold the state 58.54 acres in Central O‘ahu that the state already … Continued

Teresa Dawson
30 Jan 2020

New & Noteworthy: Tibouchina, False Killer Whales

by Teresa | posted in: February 2020 | 0

Tibouchina Biocontrol: The state Department of Agriculture has released a draft environmental assessment for the statewide release of a small Brazilian beetle, Syphraea uberabensis, to controlcane tibouchina, a noxious weed, and related species. According to the draft EA, noticed inthe Office of Environmental … Continued

Patricia Tummons, Teresa Dawson
1 Jan 2020

January 2020 PDF

by Teresa | posted in: January 2020, PDF | 0
Moloka‘i Flooding Frustrates Residents Who Now Face EPA, DOH Enforcement
1 Jan 2020

Moloka‘i Flooding Frustrates Residents Who Now Face EPA, DOH Enforcement

by Teresa | posted in: January 2020 | 0

The forecast for Moloka‘i was grim in late August of 2018. Hurricane Lane, a category 5 hurricane, was on a track that put the Friendly Isle in its cross hairs. Charles “Chucky” Miguel Sr. was taking no chances. The lot … Continued

Patricia Tummons
1 Jan 2020

Hawai‘i Longliners Continue to Hook False Killer Whales in Federal Waters

by Teresa | posted in: Endangered Species, Fisheries, January 2020 | 0

In late November, the Hawai‘i deep-set longline fleet, which targets bigeye tuna, caught three false killer whales in federal waters off the Big Island. All of them were release alive, but had been hooked in the mouth area and freed with … Continued

Teresa Dawson

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In This Issue

  • April 2026 PDF April 1, 2026
  • LUC Members Weigh in on Bills To Expand, or Shrink, Their Powers April 1, 2026
  • Governor Proposes Few Changes In Makeup of LUC Membership April 1, 2026
  • New & Noteworthy: CNMI-ning; Haleakalā Trail Hearing April 1, 2026
  • East Maui Water Litigation Roundup April 1, 2026
  • Storm Damage Leaves Wailuku Water In Financial Peril, Company Reports April 1, 2026
  • A Cancelled DAB Contract Seems To Have Been for Help with Testimony April 1, 2026
  • Board Talk: Land Board Votes to Acquire Wahiawā Irrigation System April 1, 2026

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