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Water flows through a diversion in East Maui. In a ruling on Tuesday, a First Circuit Court judge upheld the state’s approval of controversial revocable water permits that allowed Alexander & Baldwin to divert from East Maui streams. The Sierra Club had sought to invalidate the permits, saying they violated environmental law. Photos courtesy of DLNR
A court has sided with the state and other defendants in a case in which the Sierra Club sought to invalidate two state-approved revocable water permits that allowed Alexander & Baldwin to divert from East Maui streams for Mahi Pono farming needs.
New native flower discovered above Lahaina
By Staff | Jan 8, 2021
Cyanea heluensis is a newly described native plant. The only known individual was discovered in wet ‘ohia forest on Mauna Kahalawai in West Maui. PHOTO BY THE PLANT EXTINCTION PREVENTION PROGRAM (PEPP).
LAHAINA Hawaii’s rich collection of unique native plant species has added a new member to its ranks, and a new species has been described for the first time. Only one individual of the new species, named Cyanea heluensis, is currently known from a remote location in West Maui. While exploring the steep slopes of Helu above Lahaina, Botanist Hank Oppenheimer and colleague Jennifer Higashino found a single large plant in the deep shade of a healthy ohi’a forest.