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September 2019

31 Aug 2019

Conservation Conference Highlights: Tracking Invasive Plants and Animals

by Teresa | posted in: Invasives, September 2019 | 0

In addition to last month’s invasive species conference in Hilo, the Hawai‘i Conservation Conference, held in July in Waikiki, also hosted speakers and featured posters reporting some of the latest developments in invasive species monitoring and control. The following are … Continued

Teresa Dawson
31 Aug 2019

New & Noteworthy: Rust Rule, ‘Alala, Coming Events

by Teresa | posted in: September 2019 | 0

Puccinia Rule: On August 27, the state Board of Agriculture (BOA) unanimously approved a rule intended to reduce imports of plants that could carry a fungus, Puccinia psidii, that poses a danger to ‘ohi‘a trees. As Environment Hawai‘i reported more than four … Continued

Patricia Tummons, Teresa Dawson
31 Aug 2019

Board Talk: Erosion, Sea Level Rise Threaten Sand Island Wastewater Plant Outfall

by Teresa | posted in: Board Talk, Climate Change, Pollution, September 2019 | 0

The Sand Island Wastewater Treatment Plant collects sewage from more than 400,000 residents and visitors in Honolulu and discharges 66 million gallons of effluent a day into the sea via along, wide underground outfall. The 84-inch-wide outfall extends a mile … Continued

Teresa Dawson
31 Aug 2019

Board Talk Cont.: Auwahi Wind Farm Gets to Kill More Bats

by Teresa | posted in: Board Talk, Energy, September 2019 | 0

On August 23, the Land Board voted to accept a supplemental environmental impact statement for the Auwahi wind farm on Maui and approve a new Habitat Conservation Plan for the take of an additional 119 endangered Hawaiian hoary bats over … Continued

Teresa Dawson
31 Aug 2019

Board Talk Cont.: Cruise Ship Fee Hikes Go To Public Hearings

by Teresa | posted in: Board Talk, September 2019 | 0

On June 14, the Land Board voted to increase mooring fees for the state’s small boat harbors. The vote was not unanimous and was made after the board rejected a contested case hearing request from members of the public. Increases … Continued

Teresa Dawson
31 Aug 2019

Court Rules Largely Against Plaintiff In Lawsuit Over Kahala Resort Permit

by Teresa | posted in: Board Talk, Development, September 2019 | 0

For the last two years, David Kimo Frankel has tried to get the Department of Land and Natural Resources and its board to stamp out what he saw as illegal commercial use of a state beachfront parcel rented since the … Continued

Teresa Dawson
31 Aug 2019

Is Total Payout of $11 Million Enough For Condemned Land at Ma’alaea Harbor?

by Teresa | posted in: September 2019 | 0

On June 27, 2013, the state of Hawai‘i deposited $4.165 million with the 2nd Circuit Court. The action was the first step toward condemning about an acre of land adjoining Maui’s Ma‘alaea harbor that the state had been leasing since … Continued

Patricia Tummons
31 Aug 2019

September 2019 PDF

by Teresa | posted in: PDF, September 2019 | 0
31 Aug 2019

Advances in Biocontrol Are Praised At Hilo Meeting on Invasive Species

by Teresa | posted in: September 2019 | 0

One of the oldest arguments against biological control concerns the introduction of the mongoose to Hawai‘i. True: mongooses were introduced to Hawai‘i in the 1880s by sugar growers who believed they would knock back the problem of rats in cane … Continued

In This Issue

  • January 2026 PDF January 8, 2026
  • BOARD TALK: Groups Appeal Land Board Decisions To Deny Contested Case, Grant Water Permit January 7, 2026
  • BOARD TALK, Continued: Lāʻie Sandbag Fine, Maui Land Acquisition January 7, 2026
  • New & Noteworthy: Marine Mammal Strandings; A Seawall Fine Is Upheld January 7, 2026
  • As Haleakalā Trail Injunction Takes Effect, DLNR Pleads to Maintain Vehicular Access January 7, 2026
  • Water Commission Gets Dire Report on Diminishing Flows in Nā Wai ʻEhā January 7, 2026

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