Editorial

posted in: August 2004, Editorial | 0

Righting Wrongs: Land Board Should Reverse Its Clear Error Last year, the Department of Land and Natural Resources celebrated the Year of the Hawaiian Forest, honoring the efforts of those visionaries whose efforts a century ago won passage of a … Continued

From the Editor's Guest

posted in: Editorial, February 2004, Opinion | 0

Disappearing Act: The Incredible Shrinking Fines at the DOH Time and again, newspaper headlines in Hawai’i scream out the apparently high fines the state Department of Health proposes for any and all who fail to toe the line when it … Continued

Editorial

posted in: Editorial, November 2004 | 0

<b.Hawai’i Can’t Afford Cuts to the DLNR’s Budget There’s no money.” It’s an excuse as old as the hills and as common as it is ancient. But when it comes to managing Hawai’i’s precious natural resources – its irreplaceable and … Continued

Editorial

posted in: Editorial, October 2004 | 0

Hawai’i Can Wait No Longer to Protect Vanishing Near-Shore Resources The near-shore news is not good. More fishers, with ever more efficient gear, means just one thing: fewer fish. As a whole, fishers are slow to accept the blame, pointing … Continued

From the Editor's Desk

posted in: Editorial, July 2003, Opinion | 0

Unsustainable Losses of Leatherbacks After a run of a hundred million or so years, the Pacific leatherback turtle, Dermochelys coriacea, is looking death in the eye. Over the last couple of decades, exponential declines in numbers of nesting female leatherbacks … Continued

Editorial

posted in: Editorial, September 2003 | 0

What Will It Take to Save A Refuge? From the murk that surrounds the federal government’s dealings with the former owners of the South Kona unit of the Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge, one indisputable fact emerges. The former owners … Continued

From the Editor's Desk

posted in: April 2002, Editorial, Opinion | 0

State Water Commission, Land Board Have Lost Sight of Their Mandates The long wait is almost over. If all goes according to plan, by mid-summer, the twin falls at the back of Waipi`o Valley should be restored. The picture-postcard-perfect vista … Continued