Posted 10/20/2011 The highly anticipated Rainfall Atlas of Hawai`i is now available online. The atlas, assembled by University of Hawai`i geography professor Tom Giambelluca and colleagues, contains maps that show rainfall patterns in the major Hawaiian islands, based on … Continued
Posted 10/05/2011 Koa Ridge, the 767-acre development proposed for Central O`ahu by Castle & Cooke Homes Hawai`i, Inc., is back before the Land Use Commission. In August, 1st Circuit Judge Karl Sakamoto sided with the Sierra Club, Hawai`i Chapter, finding … Continued
Posted 09/02/2011 A team of biologists from government and private agencies has launched an effort to establish a second population of Nihoa millerbirds (Acrocephalus familiaris kingi). If all goes well, two dozen millerbirds will be captured on Nihoa Island and … Continued
Posted 09/01/2011 The Forest Stewardship Advisory Committee has scheduled a meeting for September 2 that, if held, will be in violation of the state’s Sunshine Law. Notice of the meeting was given to the Lieutenant Governor’s office, but was not sent … Continued
Posted 08/22/2011 The Public Land Development Corporation, established by Act 55 of the 2011 Legislature, had to cancel its first scheduled meeting because it did not comply with the state’s Sunshine Law. The meeting was set for August 22 at … Continued
Posted 07/21/2011 The Forest Stewardship Advisory Committee will be meeting September 2, despite protests by Environment Hawai’i that inadequate public notice had been made. Notice of the meeting was given to the Lieutenant Governor’s office, but was not sent to … Continued
Posted 06/30/2011 Since 2008, Malama O Puna and its partners have been working to clear mangroves from the Big Island, in hopes that eventually the entire island can be mangrove-free. According to Ann Kobsa, the group’s invasive species coordinator, the project … Continued
Posted 05/27/2011 The state Department of Land and Natural Resources is now confirming that axis deer are present on the island of Hawai`i. (We first reported on this in our April 2011 issue.) DLNR administrator William Aila was quoted as saying … Continued
(Posted 2/4/11) Last September, the Board of Land and Natural Resources approved adding about 6,600 acres around the old Kulani prison, near Hilo, to the Pu`u Maka`ala Natural Area Reserve. As with all reserves, the Legislature has authority to disapprove … Continued
Posted 12/01/2010 “So, I’m a little perplexed,” said Donna Mercado Kim, chair of the Senate Committee on Ways and Means after a lengthy interrogation of Karen Seddon, head of the Hawai`i Housing Finance and Development Corporation over terms of the agency’s … Continued