$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
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
Tradewinds Partners With Energy Firm, Negotiates New Timber License Terms “My question for the last year has been: Do we have the right project?” With that remark, Tim Johns of the state Board of Land and Natural Resources voiced his … Continued
Board Denies Koa Loggers’ Attempt To Subtract Restoration Costs From Fine If Koa Timber and its partner Hawai’i Forest Preservation LLC had their way, they would submit a detailed forest restoration plan to the Board of Land and Natural Resources, … Continued
Waging pretend war is becoming popular on O`ahu’s lush northeastern landscape. In the last couple of years, war movies starring Nicholas Cage and Bruce Willis, filmed at Kualoa and Waikane, made rubber-neckers out of anyone driving the winding two-lane road … Continued
DLNR Moves To Ban Houses In Flood Areas After six years and a recent lawsuit and contested case, the Department of Land and Natural Resources took steps last month to repeal a rule that encourages construction in flood-prone areas of … Continued
Land Board Adopts Schedule of Fines for Fishing, Boating Infractions Last December, the state Board of Land and Natural Resources approved rules for a Civil Resource Violations System (CRVS) to expedite the resolution of minor infractions of state environmental laws. … Continued
Opponents of Ka`ena Point Fence Are Denied Contested Case Hearing On August 12, the state Board of Land and Natural Resources denied the requests of Summer Kaimalia Nemeth and Huang Chi Kuo for a contested case hearing over a 600-meter … Continued
Land Board Adds Kulani Forest to Pu`u Maka`ala Reserve Adding some 6,000 acres of pristine native forest to the state’s Pu`u Maka`ala Natural Area Reserve was a no-brainer. Transferring about 600 acres that were part of the former Kulani prison … Continued
Land Board Approves Draft of Ha`ena Park Master Plan “We have way more vehicles than we can accommodate. It’s ridiculous,” said Dan Quinn about Ha`ena State Park on the North Shore of Kaua`i. On October 14, Quinn, administrator for … Continued