In July 2004, the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve’s advisory council developed a preferred fishing alternative for the proposed NWHI National Marine Sanctuary. It included a 40 nautical mile zone around the islands stretching from Nihoa to Kure, … Continued
This year is the 60thanniversary of the end of World War II. And early last month, as part of a WWII history tour, war buffs traveled by cruise ship to Midway atoll in the Northwest Hawaiian Islands, where in June … Continued
Restoring Lehua: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has published a draft environmental assessment for restoring the ecosystem of the 284-acre islet of Lehua, three-quarters of a mile off the north ern shore of Ni‘ihau, at the western end of … Continued
The number of Hawaiian plants listed as threatened or endangered on the list maintained by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service stands at 273. A roughly equivalent number of Hawaiian plants — “between 250 and 275,” says stae botanist Vickie … Continued
By the time John and kathy Ewel retired this spring from the Institute of Pacific Island Forestry, a research unit of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service, they had left a deep, lasting impression. They came to the institute … Continued
When a later generation writes the history of extinctions in Hawai‘i, November 26, 2004, will probably be carved on the tombstone of the po‘ouli. Shortly before midnight on that date, the aged male bird that had been brought into captivity … Continued
Although the po‘ouli known as HR-2 did not live long in captivity, it was able to provide researchers with much valuable in formation and, in the case of the cryogenic tissue library of the San Diego Zoo, with cells that … Continued
“Men and women do not live by fish alone. If opakapaka or even akule were to go up to 25 cents a pound, so what? Are we gonna die? The Northwest Hawaiian Islands is the last Hawaiian place. Not Hana.” … Continued
Aloha, Jerry: Passionate, persuasive, persistent. And that’s only the “p” quali ties that came together in this one man. And as much as Jerry Rothstein accomplished in his 68 years on this planet, it is sometimes hard to believe he … Continued
$2.3 Million Fine Is Proposed For Reef Damage at Pila‘a Bay The hearing officer in one of the largest Conservation District violation cases in state history is recommending that a company managed by retired Honda dealer James Pflueger pay $2.3 … Continued