About 4:20 on the afternoon of Thursday, September 9, 2004, a team of biologists who had set out to capture one of the rarest birds in the world snared their prey: a po`ouli, one of the last three individuals of … Continued
Ka‘u Community Nears Its Goal To Add Waiohonu To Forest Reserve “I’ve never seen a proposal so rich with prom ise as this one,” said Susan Marinelli, a Hawai‘i resident who has been doing conser vation work for 21 years. … Continued
Will the third time be the charm? That, apparently, is the hope of the owner of a lot in ‘Ewa Beach who is seeking approval for a seawall built more than 20 years ago. In 1985 and 1995, she applied … Continued
Some seawalls are easier to sell than others. Take the case of a revetment that Randall and Shelley Bennett are seeking to rebuild at La‘ie, on the northern end of the windward side of O‘ahu. In April, the public and … Continued
“An EA/EIS should be done to see if there is any lasting problems,” said Hubert Olipares in an email last December, com menting on a plan by Mera Pharmaceuticals, Inc., to discharge into the ground effluent from its planned genetically … Continued
A group called Concerned Citizens of Honolulu has petitioned the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a hearing on a nuclear irradiation facility that is proposed to be built on the South Ramp of the Honolulu International Airport. Earthjustice is repre senting … Continued
In 1912, when botanist Joseph Rock discov ered the mehamehame tree in South Kona, he estimated its population as just four trees – one female, three male. In the years that followed, the towering mehamehame (Flueggea neowawraea), which can grow … Continued
If the discussions at this year’s meeting of the American Association for the Advance ment of Science are any indication, the only debate about human-induced global warm ing that is meaningful any more is not over whether it will occur, … Continued
Since the 1980s, the County of Hawai‘i has operated a “convenience center” at Miloli‘i, a small, remote fishing village in South Kona. For many years, it was a dump by another name. More recently, residents have been able to toss … Continued