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Activists Rally At Capitol To Support Local Farmers Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

Activists Rally At Capitol To Support Local Farmers

Participants handed out taro cuttings and called on lawmakers to invest in agriculture.

EPA: Hawaii’s Military Bases Dumped 630,000 Pounds Of Toxic Nitrate Into The Ocean Cory Lum/Civil Beat

EPA: Hawaii’s Military Bases Dumped 630,000 Pounds Of Toxic Nitrate Into The Ocean

While federally permitted, the Environmental Protection Agency hopes the data’s public release spurs facilities to reduce their chemical waste.

New Boulder Barriers Aim To Protect Monk Seals From Illegal Off-Roading Rachel Zalucki/Civil Beat/2020

New Boulder Barriers Aim To Protect Monk Seals From Illegal Off-Roading

Trucks disrupting seals resting on the sand have been a problem for years at Wawamalu. The new barriers aim to stop that.

Court Ruling Halts All Existing Hawaii Commercial Aquarium Fishing Licenses FromSandToGlass/Flickr

Court Ruling Halts All Existing Hawaii Commercial Aquarium Fishing Licenses

The latest order compels state officials to cancel all existing commercial aquarium licenses because they lack the proper reviews, environmental advocates say.

Monk Seal Killings On Kauai Highlight Human Threat To Endangered Species Courtesy: NOAA

Monk Seal Killings On Kauai Highlight Human Threat To Endangered Species

A new study found that human activity was to blame for more than half of all known seal deaths in the islands over the past quarter century.

How Hawaii Scientists Are Keeping Their Research Alive During The Pandemic National Tropical Botanical Garden

How Hawaii Scientists Are Keeping Their Research Alive During The Pandemic

Fewer trips to the field have become the norm as scientists adapt by working from home and connecting with colleagues.

Saving Hawaii’s Koa Industry — And The Environment Denby Fawcett/Civil Beat

Saving Hawaii’s Koa Industry — And The Environment

Updated: The private sector and state are coming together to ensure an abundance of koa far into the future.

Federal Spending Bill Includes More Protection For Papahanaumokuakea Claire Fackler, NOAA

Federal Spending Bill Includes More Protection For Papahanaumokuakea

Commercial fishing interests have pressured the Trump administration to loosen fishing restrictions in the national marine monument.

Scientists Unveil New 3D Maps In Race To Save Hawaii Coral Flickr: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Headquarter

Scientists Unveil New 3D Maps In Race To Save Hawaii Coral

UPDATED: Researchers are using the new aerial mapping techniques to better understand what’s happening to Hawaii’s coral — and how to better protect it.

Fireworks Among ‘Dangerous Goods’ In Containers That Fell Overboard Off Hawaii’s Coast Civil Beat/2014

Fireworks Among ‘Dangerous Goods’ In Containers That Fell Overboard Off Hawaii’s Coast

A massive freighter that lost more than 1,800 containers off the coast of Hawaii last week — including 64 “containing dangerous goods” — has docked in Japan.