Delay in ‘Ohi‘a Rust Rule: Last August, after many years of delay, the state Department of Agriculture finally approved rules to ban the importation of plants in the Myrtaceae family from other states, in hopes of protecting ohi‘a from a devastating rust. … Continued
“Infectious disease is going to have a larger impact than terrorism on our future,” Lieutenant Governor Josh Green said in his introductory remarks to the 6th International Workshop on Angiostrongylus and Angiostrongyliasis, held last month in Hilo. In his official capacity, Green … Continued
(This article has been updated to correct Dr. Alfred Mina’s first name.) In Hawai‘i, it would seem, dogs have received better treatment for rat lungworm disease than humans. For several years, Dr. Alfred Mina, a veterinarian in Hilo, has been … Continued
In the normal life cycle of rat lungworm (Angiostrongylus cantonensis), snails and slugs eat rat feces that contain the first-stage lungworm larvae. Thoselarvae develop to the third stage in the snails. When rats eat the snails, the larvae develop into adults … Continued
Correction: Argon Steel, Ph.D., informed Environment Hawai`i that the bleach solution used in testing possible effective vegetable washes was household bleach, which was diluted 25 percent, so the actual dilution was 1.5 percent bleach. Also, the chlorine that was used … Continued
Last year, when renewing several revocable permits to water users in the process of acquiring long-term leases from the Land Board, the DLNR’s Land Division reported that one longtime permittee was dropping out. The East Kaua‘i Water Users’ Cooperative, which … Continued
On January 24, the Land Board fined Caroline Killeen and her family trust $17,000 for using their oceanfront home in South Kona as a vacation rental for the last decade. Rules for the state Conservation District, in which the home … Continued
At its January 24 meeting, the Land Board voted to deny — for a second time — a contested case hearing request on an item heard at its October 11 meeting. At that October meeting, during her testimony in opposition … Continued
“You will have a lot of females wasting a lot of energy, digging down, and they will dig all night. And they will hit that hard pack, hit the bottom, and they’ll dig and they’ll dig and they’ll dig and … Continued