July 12, 2024 (HONOLULU) – One owner at the Marconi Point Condominium Property Regime (CPR) at Kahuku Point on O‘ahu’s North Shore has offered to donate her 4.71 acres at Marconi Point to the North Shore Community Land Trust. The offer was accepted to settle the state’s claims against the property owner. Today, the Board ...
Read More MARCONI POINT PROPERTY OWNER DONATES LAND AFTER RESOURCES DESTRUCTION
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Oct. 21, 2023 (ALAKOKO FISHPOND, KAUA‘I) – It was an impressive sight. People of all ages, in a half-mile long line, each placing rock after rock on an ancient wall that protects the Alakoko fishpond, just outside Līhu‘e. Organized by the non-profit Mālama Hulē’ia as the organizations five-year anniversary workday, it appears the ambitious goal to have 2,000 ...
Read More THOUSANDS OF HANDS HELP RESTORE 600-YEAR-OLD ALAKOKO FISHPOND WALL
July 14, 2023 (HONOLULU) – Tension between an iconic visitor destination and beach erosion, exasperated by climate change, took front and center at today’s meeting of the state Board of Land and Natural Resources (BLNR). A Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) is being prepared for the Waikīkī Beach Improvement and Maintenance Program. Once it is ...
Read More LAND BOARD RECEIVES BRIEFING ON THE STATE OF WAIKĪKĪ COASTAL LANDS
Jan 3, 2023 (HONOLULU) – New science shows increased need for cross jurisdictional coordination, funding, and capacity for sea level rise action as outlined in an updated report by the Hawai‘i State Climate Commission. First released in 2017, the Hawai‘i Sea Level Rise Vulnerability and Adaptation Report, 2022-update addresses the threat posed by climate change ...
Read More UPDATED SEA LEVEL RISE VULNERABILITY AND ADAPTATION REPORT RELEASED
Jan 26, 2024 (HONOLULU) – The owners of two homes on Ke Nui Road were each ordered to pay nearly $1 million by the Board of Land and Natural Resources today, for repeated violations of State Conservation District rules. The homes front Paumalū Beach, on O‘ahu’s north shore. The board offered to offset the fines ...
Read More PAIR OF NORTH SHORE PROPERTY OWNERS FINED NEARLY ONE MILLION DOLLARS EACH FOR SHORELINE VIOLATIONS
June 10, 2024 (HONOLULU) – A corporation that owns property at 4623 Kahala Avenue faces fines of thousands of dollars, after inspectors from the Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting (DPP) and the DLNR Land Division and Office of Conservation and Coastal Lands (OCCL) found numerous violations of state and county shoreline laws. The agencies ...
Read More Parallel State, City, and County actions put Kahala property owner on notice
July 23, 2024 PUNALUʻU, OʻAHU – Volunteer efforts to monitor and care for Punaluʻu Beach Park on the Windward coast of Oʻahu are combatting accelerated erosion driven by sea level rise. A new feasibility study examines the nature-based solutions applied at Punaluʻu for beneficial use in similar situations. The collaborative effort to right against accelerated ...
Read More Community actions at Punalu‘u demonstrate natural solutions for erosion
