Dairy Update: In 2019, the Big Island Dairy shut down, never having been able to prevent runoff from its manure-filled ponds fouling streams that ran to the ocean off the Hamakua coast of the Big Island. The dairy sits on … Continued
“We have to find a way forward somehow. Sometimes that way forward is very messy,” said state Board of Land and Natural Resources chair Suzanne Case as the board met on October 22. At that meeting, the board narrowly rejected … Continued
Based on a new five-year status review released earlier this year, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is seeking to reclassify the ‘ōpe‘ape‘a or Hawaiian hoary bat from endangered to threatened. The species was listed as endangered in 1970, “based … Continued
Hu Honua Update: Proceedings before the Public Utilities Commission in the case involving the Hu Honua power plant, being built just north of Hilo, are gaining steam. In September, parties in the case filed prehearing testimonies. The state Consumer Advocate, Tawhiri … Continued
“Where is the justice in this?” Hui o Na Wai ‘Ehā president Hōkūao Pellegrino asked the state Commission on Water Resource Management at its September 21 meeting. In June, the commission issued its decision and order in a contested case … Continued
The Water Commission’s June decision and order on water use permits for the Na Wai ‘Ehā surface water management area involved some very big last-minute changes. Mahi Pono, LLC, which a few years ago purchased Alexander & Baldwin’s former sugarcane … Continued
With members touting the need to support diversified agriculture, the Board of Land and Natural Resources unanimously voted on September 24 to accept the final environmental impact statement Alexander & Baldwin and East Maui irrigation Company had prepared for a … Continued
Is the state Department of Land and Natural Resources going to get stuck with having to upgrade or maintain dilapidated sewage and drainage systems after the Sand Island Business Association’s lease ends? In July 1992, the DLNR issued a 55-year … Continued
On April 19, in accordance with a decision made earlier this year by the Board of Land and Natural Resources, the state House of Representatives adopted a concurrent resolution authorizing the public auction of a 55-year lease for submerged lands … Continued
On August 13, in accordance with a May 28 ruling by the 1st Circuit Court, the Board of Land and Natural Resources finally granted the Sierra Club of Hawaiʻi’s request for a contested case hearing on permits that would allow … Continued