The long-awaited plan for private management of natural resources in the Big Island ahupua`a of Pu`uwa`awa`a has been submitted to the Board of Land and Natural Resources. Ka `Ahahui `o Pu`uwa`awa`a submitted the plan in late January. The group is … Continued
Miconia: The Green Cancer Spreads You know miconia if you’ve been to Tahiti. This plant, Miconia Calvescens, is also known as “velvet tree” and, to the Tahitians, the “green cancer.” On Tahiti, it thickly covers more than 60 percent of … Continued
By William Meyer1 The U.S. Geological Survey has recently published the results of a study that describes a new form of ground water occurrence in Hawai`i. As described in this study, ground water in the area between Ke`anae Valley and … Continued
The Navy is drilling for oil at Pearl Harbor, but it’s not likely to ease the island’s energy crunch. The oil – hundreds of thousands of gallons of it – wasn’t deposited in the Cretaceous era, but dates back just … Continued
Formed by underground dikes – deep walls of basalt that cut through softer volcanic rock — Makaleha Spring on Kaua`i pumps out an amazing amount of water that feeds the island’s eastern watershed. The spring is one of six known … Continued