On September 22, the state Board of Land and Natural Resources did something unusual. But it was an unusual situation. A decade ago, then-Department of Land and Natural Resources director William Aila granted Graham and Marisa Chelius a five-year emergency … Continued
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Above photo: Homes burned last month by the Kula fire in Upcountry, Maui. CREDIT: DLNR. On September 15, Environmental Court Judge Jeffrey Crabtree will hold a hearing on the Sierra Club of Hawaiʻi’s August 17 motion to amend water permits held … Continued
Above photo: In 2018, Hurricane Lane burned homes and taro loʻī of the Palakiko family along Kauaʻula Stream. Credit: Lauren Palakiko On August 9, just one day following the horrific Lahaina fire, Governor Josh Green issued the third emergency proclamation relating … Continued
At the Board of Land and Natural Resources’ meeting of August 25, the agenda did not include any item relating to the Maui fires. Still, member Aimee Barnes did not hold back in expressing her own views on the treatment … Continued
Above photo: On the leeward coast of the Big Island, wildfire last month burned the parched grasslands along Akoni Pule Highway. Credit: DLNR The 2023 Legislature considered – and rejected – a bill that would have established a community fuels … Continued
Above photo: The scene in front of the Royal Hawaiian last January. CREDIT: DOUGLAS MELLER Among the bills that made it across the finish line in this year’s legislative session, several are designed to make enforcement of shoreline rules easier and … Continued
Above photo: Conditions attached to the transfer of K.K. Ranch’s leased lands to the Board of Agriculture ensure that the Land Board establish access through the property for public purposes, including management by the Division of Forestry and Wildlife of … Continued
Mosquito Case: Environmental Court hearings on Tina Lia’s and Hawaiʻi Unites’s motion for a preliminary injunction to halt a mosquito-suppression project in East Maui are on hold due to the fires that devastated Maui last month. An initial hearing was … Continued
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