In one important regard, the dispute over ownership of an old road running through the Hawai’i Tropical Botanical Garden at Onomea Bay, island of Hawai’i, has pretty well been resolved. As Environment Hawai’i reported in the [url=/members_archives/archives_more.php?id=1273_0_30_0_C]April 1994 Conservation District … Continued
Two years ago, the Board of Land and Natural Resources was asked to grant another one-year extension to the permit issued by the Department of Land and Natural Resources’ Division of State Parks to Clancy Greff’s boating operation.1 Greff was … Continued
The U.S. General Accounting Office, to whom Congress turns when it has questions on federal programs has examined recycling programs at several military bases. In 1982, Congress allowed the Department of Defense to use proceeds from its recycling programs to … Continued
On February 25, 1994, the Board of Land and Natural Resources approved a request by the DLNR’s Division of Water and Land Development, (the state equivalent of the Corps of Engineers) to drill a well near Waikoloa, on the western … Continued
One of the last undeveloped stretches of coastline in Kihei, Maui, may be found near the Kihei small boat harbor. Immediately south of the boat ramp lies nestled a sandy pocket beach. Beyond that, still to the south, a trail … Continued
One of the more puzzling aspects of the use of beach reserve land in Kihei is the wide range of rents charged to those holding landscaping permits. At the low end are the many permit holders who enjoy the use … Continued
The most common vehicle used by the Division of Land Management to authorize the landscaping of beach reserve land in Kihei is the month-to-month revocable permit. Theoretically, the permit can be cancelled on one month’s notice by either party. Only … Continued
In May, after a year’s worth of meetings, hearings, and agonized discussion, the Stream Protection and Management Task Force, appointed by the state Commission on Water Resource Management, released a report on its recommendations and suggestions. At about the same … Continued