For a few days last November, a contingent of local scientists did their best to dazzle a visiting federal task force with the many and varied threats Hawai`i is facing as a result of increasing pressure from aquatic alien plants … Continued
A logging operation that spilled onto state land in South Kona – accidentally, according to the loggers’ attorney – ended up taking from state land timber worth more than a million dollars. But when the Board of Land and Natural … Continued
Welfare Ranching: The Subsidized Destruction of the American West. Edited by George Wuerthner and Mollie Matteson. Published in 2002 by the Foundation for Deep Ecology; distributed by Island Press. xv + 345 pages. Introduction by Douglas R. Tompkins. $75 cloth. … Continued
The Alenaio canal next to the Wailoa Visitor Center in Hilo is getting a little help from the Division of Aquatic Resources and State Parks to fight off an invasion of Salvinia molesta, an aquatic fern that has recently taken … Continued
East Maui Water Dispute Heats Up With Hearing Officer’s Recommendation “By the time water gets to our patch, it’s warm,” says Beatrice Kekahuna, age 74. Warm water may be good for bathing, but for Kekahuna and other East Maui taro … Continued
At the end of the day, the cruise ship didn’t come, but the people of Moloka`i still held their Ho`olaule`a. The band played, the hula was danced, and dozens of local craftspeople hawked their quilts, woodwork, and other collectables intended … Continued
High, broad limbs with graceful compound leaves radiate from the albizia’s massive trunk. At its base, roots the size of elephant legs anchor the tree to the earth. In between those buttresses, a dense network of fine, hair-like roots fills … Continued
Alan C. Ziegler. Hawaiian Natural History, Ecology, and Evolution. University of Hawai`i Press: 2002. xviii + 477 pages (including index). $59.00 cloth. Anyone working in the environmental field in Hawai`i will sooner or later (and almost always sooner) cross the … Continued
The Maui Board of Water Supply has signed a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Geological Survey to develop a numerical model that will help the county better understand groundwater movement and the effects of different water withdrawal scenarios in a … Continued