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How To Turn A ‘North Star’ Plan For Fire-Prone Lands Into Reality Marina Riker/Civil Beat/2022

How To Turn A ‘North Star’ Plan For Fire-Prone Lands Into Reality

We can create an initial plan to protect the community from future wildfire risk in just six months. All it takes is nine knowledgeable people willing to work at it.

Envision Something New And Different For The Lands Above Lahaina Marina Riker/Civil Beat/2023

Envision Something New And Different For The Lands Above Lahaina

Transforming fallow agricultural lands into a landscape resistant to wildfires and replete with water, trees and food must become a strategic goal.

Does Hawaii Really Need More Psychologists? Wikimedia Commons/Fotorechl/2015

Does Hawaii Really Need More Psychologists?

As the state’s mental health crisis continues, a different perspective could result in better solutions.

Maui Red Cross Volunteer Foresees Long Road To Recovery Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2023

Maui Red Cross Volunteer Foresees Long Road To Recovery

This might be one of the first natural disasters where conspiracy theories and resentment are causing the tragedy to continue.

This Maui Fire Survivor Faced Unbelievable Obstacles David Croxford/Civil Beat/2023

This Maui Fire Survivor Faced Unbelievable Obstacles

The story of a young man who fell through the cracks of FEMA’s benefits system.

The Massive Logistics Involved In Feeding Maui Fire Survivors Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2023

The Massive Logistics Involved In Feeding Maui Fire Survivors

How Red Cross volunteers and others endeavored to provide three meals a day at local shelters.

I Was A Red Cross Volunteer On Maui Courtesy Tom Holowach

I Was A Red Cross Volunteer On Maui

Most volunteers flew a long way to sleep on a cot and work 12-hour shifts to help survivors during the worst time of their lives.

Setting The Record Straight On Resilience And Renewables Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2023

Setting The Record Straight On Resilience And Renewables

Claiming a utility company chose renewable energy over resiliency investments reveals a lack of understanding of how regulated utilities work.

Invasive Species Are Radically Altering Hawaii’s Ecology Thomas Heaton/Civil Beat/2023

Invasive Species Are Radically Altering Hawaii’s Ecology

The risk of unprecedented fires is primarily due to poor land management, a plantation-era legacy.

Want Water Security And Resiliency? Collaborative Land Management Works Best Courtesy Kohala Watershed Partnership]

Want Water Security And Resiliency? Collaborative Land Management Works Best

Our watershed forests are experiencing multiple threats that are literally eroding their capacity to absorb water.