A community meeting to provide public input on the development of the 2012-2017 State Historic Preservation Plan will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Maui High School. The meeting, which is being held by the state Department of Land and Natural Resources State Historic Preservation Division, will include a presentation on historic […]
Maui County Buys 64 acres at Kaehu Bay
From Maui News Maui County has purchased 64 acres of undeveloped property fronting Kaehu Bay, preserving the wetland and fishponds in a $996,000 deal brokered with the Trust for Public Land and other groups, according to an announcement Tuesday. “We have been fortunate to work with the Paukukalo and Waiehu communities, The Trust for Public […]
Hawai’i Supreme Court: Open Ocean Aquaculture = “Fishing”
Press Release from Food and Water Watch: Hawaii Court Allows Factory Fish Farming in Federal Waters Judge Finds Reasonable Federal Agency’s Determination that Aquaculture Activities Are “Fishing” Statement from Food & Water Watch Executive Director Wenonah Hauter Honolulu, HI —“We are very disappointed by the court’s decision, which seems to say that […]
Aloha Kanaloa Coalition on Plight of Monk Seals
COMMUNITY COALITION PLEAS FOR EDUCATION AND DIALOGUE IN THE WAKE OF RECENT HAWAIIAN MONK SEAL DEATHS Honolulu, Hawai`i – In response to the series of “suspicious” Hawaiian monk seal deaths in Hawai`i, a group of concerned citizens and organizations have stepped up efforts to educate the public about the plight of the critically endangered marine […]
Your Chance to Influence South Maui’s Future
ALOHA KAKOU! Your opportunity to be heard as the Council makes it’s decisions re: South Maui’s Future. NEXT TUESDAY APRIL 17 6-8 PM KIHEI CHARTER SCHOOL (former Hapa’s on Lipoa) Pupu provided 6 to 6:30. The Council’s General Plan Committee is expected to vote on South Maui URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY maps by July. Public will […]