You’ve probably seen in the papers over the last few days, news of the Supreme Court win for Keep the North Shore Country and Sierra Club Hawaii Chapter. The ruling states that the 1985 EIS developed for a massive proposed development (5 hotels and 1,000 resort condos) on O’ahu’s North Shore, indeed does need an [...]
Posts Tagged ‘access’
Turtle Bay Win!
Posted in land and cultural rights, ocean protection, tagged access, activism, EIS, ocean protection on April 14, 2010 | 1 Comment »
32 Tons of Marine Litter Removed: Sadly, the Tip of the Iceberg
Posted in Hawaiian Monk Seal, Northwest Hawaiian Islands, activism, conservation, environmental justice, island sustainability, land and cultural rights, ocean protection, tagged access, activism, beach access, beaches, conservation, cultural rights, development, environmental justice, hawaii, island sustainability, land and cultural rights, marine protected area, marine reserve, monk seals, northwestern hawaiian islands, NWHI, ocean, ocean protection, oceans, shoreline, sustainability on July 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
From: Andrea The U.S. Coast Guard removed 32 tons of debris from the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands over the Fourth of July weekend. Much thanks to the Coast Guard for ameliorating the health of our oceans! See the Honolulu Advertiser article: http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20090713/BREAKING01/307130004/U.S.%20Coast%20Guard%20removes%2032%20tons%20of%20debris%20from%20Northwestern%20Hawaiian%20Islands?GID=e/Si+j1sOYkNlMXAMxQScaqw1wgB5/Nurtn+5iNvNh8%3D While I am glad that efforts to clean up marine litter are taking place, [...]
Worst Idea of 2009
Posted in land and cultural rights, ocean protection, tagged access, beach access, shoreline protection on March 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We’d like to nominate the bill proposing the repeal most programs and protections for beaches and coastlines in Hawaii (SB 1318 SD 1) as officially one of the WORST ideas of 2009. From Elizabeth Reilly of the Hawaii Kai Neighborhood Board: SB 1318 SD1 relating to planning and economic development titled “Coastal Zone Management; State [...]
Half Way To Victory!
Posted in activism, land and cultural rights, ocean protection, tagged access, beach access, ocean protection on February 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Beach access got a real boost today. Hawaii’s Senate Judiciary Committee just passed SB 1088, which will help to improve enforcement of public access rights to the shoreline and inland recreational areas. Yay! Big Mahalos to everyone who submitted testimony! There is still a chance to help out in this important effort. The bill is [...]
Last Wild Shoreline on Oahu’s North Shore
Posted in activism, ocean protection, tagged access, beach, beach access, country, north shore, shoreline, turtle bay on April 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
From our friends at the Trust for Public Land, an opportunity to participate in efforts to protect forever some of the last wild shoreline on Oahu’s North Shore. KAHEA continues to support the efforts of TPL and others, as a member of the Ko’olauloa-North Shore Alliance. We are one of a broad network of community [...]
200 Luxury Estates a good thing for Molokai?
Posted in activism, environmental justice, island sustainability, land and cultural rights, ocean protection, tagged access, development, laau point, molokai, monk seals, shoreline on March 5, 2008 | 3 Comments »
From Marion: Last week, KAHEA submitted written testimony to the State Land Use Commission in opposition to “the proposal by Molokai Properties Limited to build 200 luxury estates at La’au Point” which will negatively impact the environment and culture. Our comments point out that: although there is overwhelming scientific evidence supporting that the main Hawaiian [...]
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