In October of 2011, Governor Neil Abercrombie received a letter from Cheryl Vasconcellos, seeking his help “to overcome some bureaucratic red tape… Hana Health would like to renovate and/or construct new buildings and improve services … as well as remove … Continued
What if you threw a party with no food? In Hawai`i, that is simply unthinkable. Yet, if the federal government’s response to our repeated requests for information about a party thrown by the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council (Wespac) last … Continued
The state Commission on Water Resource Management has too much to do and too little staff to waste time on a petition to designate an aquifer where pumping is nowhere near the sustainable yield. That, basically, was the sentiment of … Continued
Your articles (Environment Hawai`i, October 2013) touched on several issues which I think a lot about these days. Our state has underway a process which acknowledges the reality of climate change and sea level rise. It remains to be seen … Continued
The Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting continues to stand behind its Ko`olau Loa Sustainable Communities Plan, which proposes expanding the urban growth boundary in La`ie to allow for the construction of an entirely new town on agricultural land in … Continued
Land Board Fines Another Maui Kayak Tour Company Paul Noble offered every argument he could to justify his kayak tour company’s use of the state’s Olowalu Beach Reserve on Maui: Some nameless Department of Land and Natural Resources employee on … Continued
False Killer Whale Recovery Plan: The beginning of this month was the deadline to submit information to the National Marine Fisheries Service on a recovery plan for the endangered insular stock of Hawaiian false killer whales. On October 2, the day … Continued
For more than a century, Hawai`i’s pre-territorial system of highways and trails has been protected by law. However, as our February 2014 issue makes clear, that protection is not ironclad. Time and again, it seems, state government has bowed to … Continued
A young tourist couple walks up the worn, sloping trail that Paradise Ranch, LLC, fenced off in 2011 to keep people out and its cattle off Lepeuli beach on Kaua`i’s North Shore. The two carefully slip over the top of … Continued
Enforcement Sting Nets First Violator Under New Permit System at Kealakekua The Department of Land and Natural Resources wanted to send a message: It is done messing around when it comes to prosecuting illegal kayak vendors at Kealakekua Bay … Continued