Late last month, hearing officer Mike Gibson convened the first hearing of the Pflueger-Pila’a contested case, centering on a proposed multi-million dollar fine for damages to the reef off the North Shore of Kaua’i allegedly caused by unauthorized grading. In … Continued
More than three years after the Fish and Wildlife Service took possession of the 5,300 acres of land constituting the Kona unit of the Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge, discussions between the service and the sellers still had not borne … Continued
Blades of grass peek through the spokes of an iron wheel half buried in the pasture high on the western slopes of Mauna Loa. For unnumbered years the wheel and a few other indecipherable machine parts, bright orange with rust, … 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