On December 4, 1st Circuit Judge Jeffrey Crabtree denied a motion by the Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council (PIJAC) seeking a stay of his October 27 order halting the collection of marine life for the aquarium trade until an environmental … Continued
Correction: In this issue, the caption on the photo on Page 11 incorrectly states that its is of a stream gage in Waikapu Stream that “shows flows were well below the interim instream flow standard of 2.9 million gallons a … Continued
In his FINAL REPORT on national monument designations under the Antiquities Act, Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke spared the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument and its 2016 expansion area, as well as the Marianas Trench monument. For the Rose Atoll monument … Continued
Aquarium Collection Update: On September 6, the Hawai`i Supreme Court justices issued a unanimous ruling that the Department of Land and Natural Resources had to complete an environmental study of the effects of aquarium fish collection before issuing permits sanctioning … Continued
December 2017
One year ago, the state Board of Land and Natural Resources granted a contested case hearing to the community group Keep the North Shore Country, which opposed a recommendation made a month earlier by the Department of Land and Natural … Continued
Tour Operator is Fined $70K For Damage To Historic Wharf, Conservation District Simon Velaj didn’t seem to think it was that big of a deal. In late June, without permits of any kind, he had taken a backhoe to features … Continued
The issue of public access along the Pepe`ekeo shoreline, about 10 miles north of the Big Island town of Hilo, has been contested for two decades or more. No sooner does it seem to be settled than it flares up … Continued
Unhappy with the performance of the Green Energy Market Securitization program (GEMS), which has largely failed to meet its mandate to help make solar photovoltaic systems affordable to underserved communities, the Public Utilities Commission issued an order on October 26 … Continued
The decision of the Board of Land and Natural Resources to permit the Thirty-Meter Telescope to be built near the summit of Mauna Kea has been appealed to the state Supreme Court. The appeal was filed on October 30, 32 … Continued