HONOLULU ADVERTISER, ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS WIRE REPORT ON CONTROVERSY by Stewart: KAHEA’s complaint asking a Hawaii court to require the state Department of Land and Natural Resources to follow state law concerning permits for the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands National Marine Monument has made news, as Hawaii’s largest newspaper and a national environmental wire service both published [...]
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KAHEA Lawsuit Makes Headlines
Posted in activism, conservation, fisheries, Hawaiian Monk Seal, land and cultural rights, Northwest Hawaiian Islands, ocean protection, tagged activism, beaches, conservation, cultural rights, culture, fisheries, land and cultural rights, marine protected area, northwestern hawaiian islands, NWHI, ocean, ocean protection on July 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Draft Science Plan Public Hearing: Grandfathering-in Permitted Activities
Posted in activism, conservation, Hawaiian Monk Seal, island sustainability, land and cultural rights, Northwest Hawaiian Islands, ocean protection, other, tagged activism, beaches, conservation, coral, cultural rights, endangered species, environmental justice, hawaii, hearing, island sustainability, land and cultural rights, malama, management, marine protected area, monk seals, northwestern hawaiian islands, NWHI, ocean, ocean protection, oceans, shoreline, superferry, sustainability, whales on July 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
From: Andrea Last night at the public hearing on the Draft Science Plan for Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, held at the monument office in Hawaii Kai, a troubling consequence of the lack of environmental review was elucidated. One of the Science Plan authors stated that research activities that have already been permitted are assumed to [...]
32 Tons of Marine Litter Removed: Sadly, the Tip of the Iceberg
Posted in activism, conservation, environmental justice, Hawaiian Monk Seal, island sustainability, land and cultural rights, Northwest Hawaiian Islands, 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, [...]
Wanted: Old Seal Stories
Posted in fisheries, Hawaiian language, Hawaiian Monk Seal, Northwest Hawaiian Islands, ocean protection, tagged beaches, marine reserve, northwestern hawaiian islands, ocean protection, oceans on June 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As part of ongoing efforts to protect endangered Hawaiian monk seals, federal officials are turning to old Hawaiian chants and songs. The purpose: to battle misperceptions that the Hawaiian monk seal is an invasive species that does not deserve protection. “This ain’t the mongoose; this animal was here before any of us,” says David Schofield, [...]
our world gets bigger.
Posted in activism, land and cultural rights, tagged activism, beaches, hawaii, land and cultural rights, locked gates, ocean, public, shoreline on February 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
UPDATE from Rich on 2/29: Got word yesterday that the House Finance Committee passed HB839 with amendments! From email from Rich ma over at Beach Access Hawai’i in Kailua: I was going to use a clever subject line for this email — something like, “Show me the money!” because that’s what it comes down to [...]
More Media Coverage of Beach Access Rally Day!
Posted in activism, land and cultural rights, tagged activism, beach access, beaches, malama, shoreline on February 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Links to media coverage from Scott at Surfrider Oahu Chapter: http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/ http://starbulletin.com/2008/02/03/editorial/editorial01.html http://starbulletin.com/2008/02/03/news/wild.html http://kgmb9.com/main/content/view/3783/40/ http://www.khnl.com/global/story.asp?s=7814785 Polihale public access agreement reached on Kauai: http://www.kauaiworld.com/articles/2008/02/03/news/news01.txt http://www.mauinews.com/news/2008/2/2/09proa0202.html http://www.flickr.com/photos/beach-access-hawaii/
Network News Coverage of Beach Access Rallies
Posted in activism, land and cultural rights, tagged activism, beach access, beaches, malama, shorelines on February 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
On KGMB: “Hawaii’s beaches are public property. But in recent years, more private landowners have closed off paths that lead to the shoreline. In an effort to change that, some 20 grassrooots organizations rallied across the state today.” http://kgmb9.com/main/content/view/3783/40/ On KHNL: “Protestors throughout the state hit the streets to call attention to beach access. They [...]
Rally at the State Capitol – TROLLEY RIDE UPDATE 1
Posted in land and cultural rights, tagged activism, beaches, hawaii on February 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hawai’i’s Statewide Beach Access Rally day began this morning with wet weather islands-wide! The rain gently blessed our Beach Access Trolley this morning at 10:30 as it departed to raise awareness about the epidemic loss of public access routes to the beach all around the islands. More than 40 people joined us for a rally [...]
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