Here is the Environmental Impact Statement Preparation Notice for A&B’s 545 acre, 2,550 residential units located between Waikapu and Maui Lani. This project is basically an expansion of Kahului and Maui Lani out toward Waikapu. The entire PDF document (71 pages) can be downloaded here Maps on pages 9+10. Detailed map on page 20. Permits: Chapter 343, […]
2010 Maui Tomorrow Supports SB 244
Feb. 1, 2010 Senate Joint Committee, Energy & Environment, Water, Land, Agriculture & Hawaiian Affairs Regarding: SB 2441Title: RELATING TO ENDANGERED SPECIES Report Title: Endangered Species; Felony; Private Right of Action Dear Senators: Maui Tomorrow Foundation, Inc. supports SB 2441 which establishes the intentional or knowing taking of an endangered species as a class C […]
Housing Issues
Maui Tomorrow is working with the County Council and the State to increase the availability of affordable housing for our reasidents. Maui has one of the highest cost of housing of any state in the U.S. With wages much lower than required to qualify for loans, this has created a huge housing gap for Maui […]
Sprecks Sand Replentishment Project Fails
The Maui News By HARRY EAGAR, Staff Writer July 25, 2010 SPRECKELSVILLE – An innovative and privately funded beach replenishment project on Stable Road has been suspended early. Neighbors to the west, who say their beach has been eroded, call it a complete failure, while the hui that tried bringing in offshore sand admits to […]
Draft EA for Strawberry Guava Eradication
The Hawai’i Department of Agriculture has posted a draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for the release of a natural predator (Tectococcus ovatus, a Brazilian scale insect) for the sustainable management of strawberry guava in Hawai’i. This action is proposed to mitigate the impacts of strawberry guava on native forests, the water supply, and agriculture. The draft […]
Agricultural Zoning
Agricultural Zoning The conversion of good agricultural land into gated communites or luxury estates is a problem for island residents. The loss of farmland and the exclusive nature of luxury development threatens our island way of life. This $2mil Luxury Gated House is build on 4 acres of ag land