Land Links for Wednesday, June 9
Every day, I’m scouring the Internet for land use and environmental news from around the state and around the world that means something for us here in Hawaii. Noteworthy today: the drought is hurting Hawaii farmers, a judge allows Kauai bridge work to continue and efforts are underway to control some bugs and save others.
- Struggling farmers are planting fewer crops or letting crops die because of that started nearly a year ago are getting worse, the Star-Advertiser reports today.
- A judge on Tuesday that sought to stop the widening of the Wailua Bridge on Kauai, saying she’s sympathetic to the cultural concerns raised but that no laws have been broken, according to The Garden Island.
- A 13-state could have a profound effect on how Hawaii Island beekeepers manage their hives, the Hawaii Tribune Herald reports.
- While we’re talking about bugs: The Department of Agriculture’s Plant Pest Control Branch in Kipapa Gulch in an effort to control nettle caterpillars that are infesting tall grass and plants. Biocontrol gets a , but blogger Richard Ha says it .
- Lt. Gov. James “Duke” Aiona, acting as governor, signed a bill into law to intentionally harm or kill the endangered Hawaiian monk seal.
- Sixteen white in a fresh round of raids in Zimbabwe, AFP reports. The attackers were trying to evict them.
- BBC asked readers to submit their , and now the director of petroleum engineering at the University of Southern California weighs in on their suggestions. The first lesson: Don’t nuke the Gulf of Mexico!
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