Maui County, HI has been selected to receive technical assistance to create a green streets strategy as a part of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Building Blocks for Sustainable Communities program.
Community Solar Summit
Due to high demand, the Maui Solar Summit has changed locations from the college to the Castle Theater at the MACC. The hours are extended from 11:00am-1:30pm. A sandwich lunch by the Maui Culinary Academy will be available in the courtyard at 11:00am subsidized by the county for only $5. The blessing will start promptly at 11:30am. Please arrive early to get your seat.
Water on Maui
East Maui Water Development East Maui Water for South Maui Growth? East Maui Water: Myths & Facts View the Dept. of Water Supply Map Maui County Board of Water Supply Website USGS Iao & Waihe’e Aquifer Status USGS: Effects of Agricultural Land-Use Changes and Rainfall on GroundWater Recharge in Central and West Maui, Hawai‘i, 1926–2004 USGS: Ground-Water Availability in the Wailuku Area, Maui, Hawai’i 2008 USGS: Groundwater Availability in the Lahaina District, West Maui, Hawai’i USGS: Groundwater Availability … Read more
East Maui Water
East Maui Water Development Plan
East Maui Water History
For approximately 100 years, billions of gallons of East Maui stream waters, originating on publicly owned watershed lands, have been diverted. A series of ditches and tunnels controlled by Alexander and Baldwin (A&B), Inc. carry the water to the cane and pineapple fields of Upcountry & Central Maui. The County Board of Water Supply contracts with A&B for delivery of approximately 5% of this flow to supply water to the Haiku, Makawao and Kula areas.
Keone`o`io (La Perouse Bay) National Park
Keone`o`io Bay is the historic gateway to the six miles of South Maui’s pristine coastline (from Keone`o`io/La Perouse Bay to Kanaloa Point) is being proposed for a National Park. Congresswoman Patsy Mink introduced (H.R. 591) directing the National Park Service to conduct a feasibility study and a recent letter (May 2, 2001) to Rep. Mink from National Park Service Regional director John Reynolds indicated his intention to direct the NPS Honolulu office to undertake a reconnaissance study of the area.
Honokowai Restoration Project
The Honokowai Cultural Overlay stabilization project is a component of Ka`anapali 2020, which includes restoration and preservation of an ancient farming archeological site, as well as a Multi-Cultural Center. The project is supported by businesses, organizations and the people of Maui. Steady progress is being made at the work site.
GMO (Genetically Modified Organisms)
Hawai’i is ground zero for GMO experimentation. The National Sierra Club has these policies:
CONCERNS WITH GMOS: WHAT IS THE SCIENCE?
Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) or genetically engineered (GE) foods have the potential to cause a variety of health problems. For example, they may produce new allergens and toxins, and spread harmful traits to non-GMO crops. In addition, at least one major environmental impact of genetic engineering has already reached critical proportions: overuse of herbicide-tolerant GE crops has spurred an increase in herbicide use and an epidemic of herbicide-resistant “superweeds,” which will lead to even more herbicide use. The long-term impacts of GMOs are unknown, and once released into the environment they cannot be recalled.