January (Volume 27, Number 7)
- Tempers Flare as TMT Contested Case Closes Out Third Month of Hearings
- Board Talk: A&B Holdovers, Wind Farm Contested Case, Ag Land Transfers
- Proposed Budget for Whitmore Ag Hub Shifts Away From Land Acquisition
- NEW & NOTEWORTHY: Iopa Seawall, Hu Honua, Water Security
- Tax Exemption for $165 Million Complex
- GEMS Costs of $13 Million a Year Borne by Hawaiian Electric Ratepayers
- Latest Proposal to Use GEMS Fund Is Nixed by Public Utilities Commission
- January 2017 PDF
February (Volume 27, Number 8)
- Data Gaps Confound Efforts to Limit Harm to Bats Posed by Wind Farms
- Wind Farms to Fund ‘Research Push’ On Endangered Hawaiian Hoary Bats
- East Maui Stream Flow Case Reopens; Parties Debate Evidentiary Standards
- TMT Opponents Present Case As Hearing Enters Fifth Month
- TMT Contested Case Hearing Costs State Thousands per Day
- Parting the Curtain on Whales And Dolphins in Hawaiian Waters
- February 2017 PDF
March (Volume 27, Number 9)
- New Report Suggests Sea Level Rise May Be Worse than Previously Thought
- March 2017 PDF
- New & Noteworthy: Kona Remediation, Reef Fish Census
- `Aina Le`a Update: A Settlement, An Overdue Note, and a Possible Suitor
- Hawai`i County Takes Renewed Interest in Keaukaha Seawall After DLNR Signs Off
- TMT Hearing: Protesters’ Witnesses Speak to Hawaiian Culture, Practices
- Bills Facilitating Shoreline Easements Fail For Fifth Year at Legislature
- Board Talk: Board Reconsiders Granting Rent Discount to Non-Profits
April (Volume 27, Number 10)
- State, Federal Agencies Try Again To Rid Lehua Island of Rodents
- Despite Non-Target Fatalities, Wildlife on Palmyra Rebounds
- Feds Plan to Revise, Expand Plan To Cover Rodent Control in Hawai`i
- NEW & NOTEWORTHY: Biogas, Kaua`i Springs, and More
- `Aina Le`a Makes $200 Million Claim Against State Over Stalled Development
- Water Commission Denies NPS Petition To Designate Keauhou Aquifer System
- Environment Hawai`i Article Used to Show Apparent Rift Among Opponents of TMT
- The Testimony Has Concluded, But The TMT Proceeding Is Far From Over
- Near Close of TMT Contested Case, Witness Says EIS Process Was Flawed
- April 2017 PDF
May (Volume 27, Number 11)
- New & Noteworthy: `Aina Le`a, TMT, Dole Lands
- Bill Intended to Alter GEMS Program, Reduce Oversight, On Brink of Passage
- GEMS Reporting Requirements May Disappear If HGIA Has Its Way
- Under House Bill 957, DOE Would Get Millions in Interest-Free GEMS Loan
- GEMS Administrator Anticipates On-Bill Loan Financing This Year
- Supreme Court Grills Parties In Aquarium Fish Permit Case
- Kaua‘i Utility, Agriculture Groups Commit To Restoring, Monitoring Diverted Streams
- State Prevails in Preliminary Round Of Ma‘alaea Condemnation Proceeding
- Board Talk: Koke`e Squatter, Ha`ena Agreement, Ahi Farm
- May 2017 PDF
June (Volume 27, Number 12)
- June 2017 PDF
- Board Talk: Kekaha Kai Park, Forest Reserve Rules, Airport Facility
- Hawaiian Electric Revives Renewable Projects It Cancelled While NextEra Deal Was Pending
- Legacy Land Conservation Program Celebrates A Decade of Protection
- Water Security Advisory Group Selects 11 Projects to Receive $600,000 in Grants
- NEW & NOTEWORTHY: Kaua`i Springs, Iopa Seawall, TMT
- Hawai`i County Lists Violations At `Aina Le`a Site, Proposes Rezoning
- $1 Million Settlement of `Aina Le`a Case Is Rejected in Final Days of Legislature
July (Volume 28, Number 1)
- Fisheries Council Staff Envisions Return Of Commercial Bottomfishing to NWHI
- Kahala Hotel Beach Weddings Not Sanctioned by DLNR Permit
- As Its Creditors Close In, `Aina Le`a Files for Bankruptcy Court Protection
- New & Noteworthy: Lehua Rat Project, GEMS
- Board Talk: Legacy Lands, Lava Tours, and Much More
- July 2017 PDF
August (Volume 28, Number 2)
- August 2017 PDF
- NEW & NOTEWORTHY: Pepe`ekeo Access, Hu Honua, and a Rememberance
- Few Environmental Measures Approved At Close of 2017 Legislative Session
- Appellate Court Ruling Gives Teeth To Hawai`i County Development Plans
- Board Talk: Unpaid Lease, Lehua Island, Haleakala Trail and More
- At Annual Hilo Confab, Lots of Fast Talk On Recent Trends in Resource Science
September (Volume 28, Number 3)
- Arbiter in Maui Water Case Gives Weight To A&B’s Tentative Diversified Ag Plan
- Once More, Green Infrastructure Agency Is Attempting to Remove PUC Oversight
- HGIA Disses ‘Clean Energy Advocates’
- Who Pays the Vig on DOE Loan?
- Board Talk: Flooding, Erosion, and Legacy Lands
- NARS Commission Grants Permit For Ecological Station at Pu‘u Maka‘ala
- Department of Ag Stalls, But Finally Yields On Permit For Lehua Rodenticide Drop
- New & Noteworthy: Hu Honua, Bigeye Tuna Limit
- September 2017 PDF
October (Volume 28, Number 4)
- October 2017 PDF
- Native Hawaiians, Conservationists Balk At Reserving Stream Water for HC&S Plan
- New Stock Assessment Models Suggest Bigeye Tuna May No Longer Be Overfished
- Revised Shoreline Setback Ordinance Is a Step Backward, Says Kaua‘i Activist
- Fish Collectors, Claiming Property Rights, Now Ask Court to Let Them Intervene
- Supreme Court Definitively Rejects Lower Court Rulings in Aquarium Case
- Whatever Happened To … The Ha‘ena Sandbag Revetment?
- New & Noteworthy: American Samoa, Waiea Tract, Correction
November (Volume 28, Number 5)
- November 2017 PDF
- Swordfish, Bigeye Catches Remain High Despite Expansion of Marine Monument
- Council Seeks to Nearly Double Annual Bigeye Tuna Quota
- Council Seeks To End Hard Caps On Swordfish Fleet’s Turtle Takes
- Kaua`i Shorelines: Setback Bill, Ha`ena Revetment
- After Attempt to Force His Hand, Judge Rules That Aquarium Collecting Permits Are Invalid
- New & Noteworthy: `Aina Le`a, Kona Spaceport
- Supreme Court Rejects Takings Claim Of Landowner Against Maui County
- Circuit Court Dismisses Appeal Of Kaloi Gulch Permit
- Green Infrastructure Authority Seeks Special Ruling for Kalihi Shelter Village
- Board Talk: DOBOR Rules, Wind Farm SEIS
December (Volume 28, Number 6)
- December 2017 PDF
- New & Noteworthy: Aquarium Collection, Maha`ulepu Cases
- Green Infrastructure Agency Told To Pay Back Public Benefits Fee
- Simmering Dispute Over Access At Pepe`ekeo Boils Over at Hearing
- Board Talk: Protestors Removed, Ka‘u Violator Fined, & Maui Water Permits Granted
- Wind Farm Plan to Protect Rare Bats Is Inadequate, Hearing Officer Finds