It’s been a helluva year, and that’s not a good thing. For the United States, the watchwords for 2017 have been violence and hatred–against women, African-Americans, immigrants, LGBTQ individuals and basically everyone who isn’t a straight white male. You don’t have to be a master at reading the room to know that greed and ignorance are triumphing over notions of cooperation … [Read more...] about 2017 MauiTime Year In Review
Endangered Species Act
Here’s why the Kealia wetlands parking lot was flooded last week
Of course the water had already receded by the time I made it out there. For over a week, I’d watched the nearly flooded Kealia wetlands slosh over the entrance to the boardwalk parking lot on North Kihei Road. I’d driven past there each morning, day after day, amazed that the wetlands on the makai side of the road were now nearly as lake-like as those on the mauka side. I’d … [Read more...] about Here’s why the Kealia wetlands parking lot was flooded last week
UPDATED: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service now considers East Maui forest bird i`iwi a threatened species
Editor's note: I updated this story on Sept. 26 to include a statement from Maui Forest Bird Recovery Project Coordinator Dr. Hanna Mounce. Though they once nested throughout Hawaii's high mountain forests, the ‘i‘iwi–also known as the scarlet honeycreeper–is today pretty much only found in a narrow band of East Maui forests and the Big Island's windward slopes. According to … [Read more...] about UPDATED: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service now considers East Maui forest bird i`iwi a threatened species
Environmental groups sue Hawaii DOT over bright harbor, airport lights
Sometimes I’m amazed that any animals manage to survive in this monstrous machine called “civilization” that we humans have built for ourselves. Even constructions that seem completely innocent can wreak havoc on the other, less “evolved” species. I thought of all this last week when I got a news release from the environmental law firm Earthjustice announcing a new lawsuit … [Read more...] about Environmental groups sue Hawaii DOT over bright harbor, airport lights