If all goes as planned, Lehua island, a 284-acre state-designated seabird sanctuary that’s less than a mile north of Ni`ihau, will be rat-free in the very near future. But that’s a big “if.” Among other things, the state Division of … Continued
In June 2011, Island Conservation eradicated rats on Palmyra atoll, which is located about 1,000 miles south of Hawai`i and is co-owned by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and The Nature Conservancy. The company aerially broadcast the anticoagulant rodenticide … Continued
It’s too soon to say what the Lehua rat eradication/restoration project will ultimately look like, but public comment on its draft environmental assessment as of press time was minimal (only four comments) and mixed (two neutral, one supportive, one asking … Continued
Kahului Airport Powered by Biogas? The state Department of Transportation is seeking approval to enter into a 20-year contract to purchase biogas from Maui Resource Recovery Facility, LLC (MRRF), that will be used to provide electrical power to the Kahului … Continued
One of the companies that is involved in attempting to develop about 1,000 acres of land near Waikoloa Village, on the island of Hawai`i, has filed a complaint in state court that seeks $200 million in damages from the state, … Continued
At its February 14 meeting in Kona, after hours of testimony and discussion, the Commission on Water Resource Management denied a petition filed by the National Park Service (NPS) in September 2013 to designate the Keauhou aquifer system as a … Continued
As the contested case hearing over a permit to build the Thirty Meter Telescope on Mauna Kea drew to a close, one of the last witnesses to testify was Mililani Trask, a practicing attorney well known for her involvement in … Continued
Testimony in the protracted second contested case hearing on the Conservation District Use Application (CDUA) for the Thirty Meter Telescope concluded on March 2, after 44 days of hearings over nearly six months and 71 witnesses. The next stages in … Continued
As the evidentiary portion of the contested case hearing for the Thirty Meter Telescope wound down last month, a witness whose testimony seemed to threaten the very foundation of the Conservation District Use Permit for the observatory near the Mauna … Continued
April 2017