State Water Commission, Land Board Have Lost Sight of Their Mandates The long wait is almost over. If all goes according to plan, by mid-summer, the twin falls at the back of Waipi`o Valley should be restored. The picture-postcard-perfect vista … Continued
As wave after wave of alien species hits the shores of Hawai`i, advancing like the Allied troops on Omaha Beach, defending against the weeds that made headlines yesterday seems, well, as out of fashion as bustles and leg-o-mutton sleeves. Miconia, … Continued
For more than a decade, an illegal diversion has shut off water to Hakalaoa Falls, one half of a famed pair of cascades that plummet down a near vertical 1000-foot-high cliff at the back of Waipi`o Valley. The diversion dates … Continued
Ever since Jodie Foster starred in Contact, the search for extraterrestrial life forms has been a popular preoccupation. But a few dozen marine biologists and oceanographers are excited by amazing discoveries of life forms right under our noses — under … Continued
State Water Commission, Land Board Have Lost Sight of Their Mandates The long wait is almost over. If all goes according to plan, by mid-summer, the twin falls at the back of Waipi`o Valley should be restored. The picture-postcard-perfect vista … Continued
Hi`ilawe and Hakalaoa falls, the legendary pair of nosebleed-high cascades in Waipi`o Valley, should be restored to full glory by the end of July, thanks to a sudden turnabout by Kamehameha Schools that caught the state Water Commission off guard. … Continued