February 2014 PDF
February 2014
Impending Development Intensifies Effort to Designate Historic Coastal Trail on Kaua`i
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
Board Talk
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
Agribusiness Development Board Revisits Votes Taken at Disputed October Meeting
With several important actions in limbo pending the outcome of a complaint Environment Hawai`i filed in November with the Office of Information Practices, the board of the state Agribusiness Development Corporation decided it was better to play it safe. So … Continued
Revisiting Papa`a
“When somebody cuts off an access, you gotta jump on it,” warns Kaua`i County Council member Tim Bynum. In 2007, the county lost a federal lawsuit over what it had thought was a public road through a 174-acre property called … Continued
Coastal Access for Public an Issue in North Kohala Luxury Subdivision
The relinquishment by the territorial government of a portion of a historic trail has come back to haunt residents of Hawai`i County. For centuries, the Ala Loa ran along the western coast of the Big Island. In 1938, however, a … Continued
Land Board Shuns Ranch’s Offer to Privatize Haleakala Bridle Trail
More than a decade ago, the state Department of Land and Natural Resources asked Haleakala Ranch Company for permission to access the ranch’s Makawao lands so it could determine the route of a historic, public trail to Haleakala, known as … Continued
Proposed County Easement at Waipake Falls Far Short of Beach, Expectations
“We’ve negotiated lots of accesses. This is the worst I’ve ever seen,” said Kaua`i County Council Planning Committee member Tim Bynum of the proposed mauka-makai easement in Waipake offered by Falko Partners, LLC, as part of its 357-acre Kahu`aina Plantation … Continued