Posted 04/02/2012 To “avoid even the appearance of impropriety,” the state Board of Land and Natural Resources last week dismissed Steven Jacobson as the hearing officer in the contested case over a Conservation District Use Permit for the proposed Advanced … Continued
Posted 02/27/2012 More than a year after the Land Board heard the application for the Advanced Technology Solar Telescope proposed to be built atop Haleakala, the hearing officer it appointed in the case has released his recommendation. And a surprising … Continued
Posted 02/01/2012 Court Denies Motion for Injunction in Ka`anapali Catamaran Case On January 31, U.S. District Judge Leslie Kobayashi denied a motion by Ka`anapali Tours, LLC (KTL) for a preliminary injunction that would have forced the state Department of Land and … Continued
Posted 12/08/2011 The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ ordnance survey of the `Ahihi-Kina`u Natural Area Reserve quietly ended November 18. The south Maui NAR, used as a Navy bombing target in the 1940s, is one of several formerly used defense … Continued
Posted 08/01/2011 In our August “Board Talk” column, we reported that coral disease expert Greta Aeby was finally, after years of exile, going to resume her research in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI). But just before the research vessel … Continued
Posted 06/08/2011 One of the world’s worst weeds has found a home on O`ahu’s north shore. Early this year, the O`ahu Army Natural Resources Program found Chromolaena odorata (also known as Siam weed or devil weed) in the Kahuku Training Area. … Continued
Posted 5/24/2011 Because members could not agree on proposed amendments to the Wai`anae Sustainable Communities Plan, the Honolulu Planning Commission decided on May 16 to forward a draft plan, prepared by the city Department of Planning and Permitting, to the … Continued
Posted 05/02/2011 At last month’s Honolulu Planning Commission meeting at Kapolei Hale, a handful of West O`ahu farmers tried to dispel the notion that the 96 acres in Nanakuli proposed for development of a light industrial park are … Continued
At the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Management Commission (WCPFC) meeting last month in Apia, Samoa, the griping was constant and everywhere. In the hallways, at lunch tables, during tea breaks, on the shuttle rides back to hotels … “The … Continued
Except for a few questions from Land Board members about spill containment measures and ownership of the fuel storage facility, the easement to Summit Biofuel, LLC passed with very little discussion of the project itself. Debate focused mainly on a … Continued