Development stalled indefinitely; fate of more than 500 employees uncertain The Maui News August 26, 2009. By CHRIS HAMILTON, Staff Writer MAKENA – Skittish lenders and real estate buyers apparently accomplished what hundreds of protesters couldn’t: halt the massive Makena Resort development in South Maui. At least for now. Everett Dowling, the Wailuku developer who […]
Injection Well Alternatives
Our thanks to Robin Knox of the UH Botany Department and Pam Daoust for providing the following: There are two aspects of use of wetlands for wastewater management to discuss. 1) Constructed wetlands as treatment 2) Wetland assimilation projects – Due to higher assimilative capacity ( especially for nitrogen), wetlands get less stringent water quality-based […]
OUR PUBLIC TRUST WATER IN EAST MAUI
A FINANCIAL EXERCISE REGARDING by John Blumer-Buell A question and “food for thought”: What is the estimated monetary value of the public trust water taken from East-Maui streams and watersheds by private corporations Hawaii Cane and Sugar (HC&S) and East-Maui Irrigation (EMI) over the past twenty years, while illegally depriving kanaka maoli the right to […]
Olowalu town EIS
Developers readying to seek state permits for 636-acre, 1,500-home W. Maui project MAUI NEWS Sunday, July 19, 2010 By CHRIS HAMILTON, Staff Writer OLOWALU – A plan calling for 1,500 homes in a new Olowalu town has had its ardent supporters and equally passionate detractors for five years, and so far the proposed development has […]
Ahihi-Kinau to remain closedHeadline
BLNR votes 2-year extension to draft management plan The Maui News July 8, 2010 MAKENA – The Ahihi-Kinau Natural Area Reserve will remain closed to people for another two years, the state announced Wednesday. The Board of Land and Natural Resources voted last month to extend the closure, which had been scheduled to expire Aug. […]
Ahihi-Kinau to Remain Closed
BLNR votes 2-year extension to draft management plan The Maui News July 8, 2010 MAKENA – The Ahihi-Kinau Natural Area Reserve will remain closed to people for another two years, the state announced Wednesday. The Board of Land and Natural Resources voted last month to extend the closure, which had been scheduled to expire Aug. […]