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Agriculture

4 Jan 2021

New & Noteworthy: Big Island Dairy; Lanikai Land Grab

by Teresa | posted in: Agriculture, January 2021, Land Use | 0

Big Island Dairy: The cows are gone and the site has been cleaned up, at least to the satisfaction of the state Department of Health. The Big Island Dairy near O‘okala, on the Hamakua Coast of the Big Island, has been … Continued

Patricia Tummons
4 Dec 2020

Ditch Managers Fail to Meet Terms Of Lauded Kauaʻi Stream Agreement

by Teresa | posted in: Agriculture, Climate Change, December 2020, Energy, Water | 0

In April 2017, the state Commission on Water Resource Management voted to adopt the terms of a mediated agreement intended to end the years-long conflicts over the diversion and waste of stream water via the Kokeʻe and Kekaha ditch systems … Continued

Teresa Dawson
4 Dec 2020

Big Plans for Foreign Investment In Dairy Operations Run Aground

by Teresa | posted in: Agriculture, December 2020, Land Use | 0

It has been more than a year since the Big Island Dairy in Oʻokala, along the Hamakua Coast of the Big Island, shut down. The closure followed a series of disastrous spills of manure into streams that outraged residents and … Continued

Patricia Tummons
1 Nov 2020

Guest Ranch in North Kohala Gets Approval to Continue Operations

by Teresa | posted in: Agriculture, Development, November 2020, Tourism | 0

Last month, the Hawai‘i County Leeward Planning Commission voted unanimously to approve the application of Kupunakane Ranch, LLC, dba Puakea Ranch, to run a hotel on 14.9 acres of land in the state Agricultural District in North Kohala. Plans call … Continued

Patricia Tummons
1 Sep 2020

Waikoloa Mauka Project Now Subject of FBI Investigation, Developer Says

by Teresa | posted in: Agriculture, Land Use, September 2020 | 0

Danny Julkowski threw himself on the mercy of the Leeward Planning Commission of Hawai‘i County last month. And as sympathetic as the commissioners were to his plight, their mercy was more limited. Julkowski was asking the commissioners to recommend that the … Continued

Patricia Tummons
1 Sep 2020

State Land Use Commission Bars Vacation Rentals in Farm Dwellings

by Teresa | posted in: Agriculture, Land Use, September 2020 | 0

On August 13, the state Land Use Commission unanimously approved a petition from Hawaiʻi County for a declaratory order confirming that short-term vacation rentals (STVR) are not acceptable uses of farm dwellings in the Agricultural District. The commission also denied … Continued

Teresa Dawson
1 Sep 2020

Application for 40-Unit Lodge in Kona is Withdrawn Following LUC Ruling

by Teresa | posted in: Agriculture, Land Use, September 2020 | 0

On August 13, the state Land Use Commission voted to grant Hawaiʻi County’s petition for a declaratory ruling that short-term vacation rentals are not allowed for dwellings in the state Agricultural District. In so doing, it agreed with the county’s … Continued

Patricia Tummons
1 Aug 2020

New & Noteworthy: 5G Tower, Abandoned Farm

by Teresa | posted in: Agriculture, August 2020, Health, New & Noteworthy | 0

Cell Tower Challenge: AT&T is suing Hawai‘i County in federal court over the denial of a permit to erect a cell phone tower in Puna.  The complaint was filed July 2 in federal district court in Honolulu against the county … Continued

Patricia Tummons, Teresa Dawson
2 Jul 2020

ADC Finally Starts Charging Fees to Galbraith Tenants for Well Water

by Teresa | posted in: Agriculture, EH-XTRA | 0

On May 20, the state Agribusiness Development Corporation’s board of directors approved a new water user agreement that will require anyone drawing from the agency’s Bott Well Pump Station to pay $0.89 per thousand gallons. The well, which has a … Continued

Teresa Dawson
1 May 2020

From the Archives: The Roots of Ranching in Hawai‘i: From Vancouver to Parker and Beyond

by Teresa | posted in: Agriculture, Forestry, Forests, May 2020 | 0

On the occasion of completing 30 years of continuous publication – a mile- stone that will be attained in June – Environment Hawai‘i will be reprinting from time to time articles that we believe display the breadth and the depth of the … Continued

Patricia Tummons

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In This Issue

  • March 2021 PDF March 4, 2021
  • Commission Pressures BWS to Meet Proposed Heʻeia Stream Flow Standards March 4, 2021
  • Study Maps Areas Where Fishers and False Killer Whales Overlap March 4, 2021
  • New & Noteworthy: Waikoloa, Kern, and Dairy Drama March 4, 2021
  • Agribusiness Agency Explains Reasons Behind Slow Progress in Utilizing Lands March 4, 2021
  • Board Talk: Aquarium Collecting Violations, Kawailoa Wind Farm, and Kauaʻi Tower Dispute March 4, 2021
  • U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Bridge ʻAina Leʻa’s Claim of Taking March 4, 2021

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