Editorial
Oh, Give Me A Home: Rent-Free, Please, at Pu`uwa`awa`a I can’t afford to buy a house in Hawai`i, and rent is expensive. But for a favored few, the state, bless its heart, has a subsidized housing program that allows them … Continued
Board Talk
Land Board Hears Final Arguments In Wa`ahila Ridge Contested Case “Beauty is the splendor of the truth.” With this unusual opening, Benjamin Kudo launched into his final presentation before the Land Board in the contested case hearing on Hawaiian Electric … Continued
At Ukumehame, A Century of Abuse Leaves a Nearly Lifeless Landscape
“Perhaps thar’s gold in them thar hills,” The Maui News proposed in a January 19, 1952 article following the government auction of a pasture lease at Ukumehame. Bidding for use of the roughly 5,000 acres of arid land in south … Continued
Public Lands Lose Value as Forests Yield to Pasture to Appease Island Ranchers
Thirteen years ago, the Department of Land and Natural Resources launched a project that signaled a new seriousness of purpose to protect Hawai`i’s diminished forests. An exploding population in West Hawai`i, concerns about loss of habitat for the islands’ imperiled … Continued