Category: Environment
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Hawaii’s coral in peril: lawsuit filed
LIHUE — The Trump administration caught another lawsuit as a strong marine heat wave is starting to impact Hawaii’s coral reefs, including reports of coral bleaching on Kauai. The nonprofit conservation group Center for Biological Diversity sued the Trump administration Thursday for failing to protect cauliflower coral around the Hawaiian Islands.
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Refining Recycling on Kauai
Worldwide, recycling programs are facing challenges. Your recycling could be ending up in the landfill if you’re not sorting it right when you drop it off, and a new sign on the Kauai Recycles green drop bins is now reminding the public: “when in doubt throw it out.” The sign has been posted for several […]
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fish, limu return to Waipa Stream
The Waipa Stream is coming back to life, thanks to an ongoing and multifaceted restoration project within the Waipa Ahupua’a, or watershed. Funded through a state Department of Health grant since 2016, the project aims to remove dense hau bush from stream banks and surrounding areas, clearing a path for healthy flow and space for […]
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Restoring A Watershed: Waipa Stream
WAIPA, KAUAI — O’opu fish have come back to spawn in the Waipa Stream after dense thickets of hau bush were removed, helping to restore the water flow. The fish are integral to Hawaiian culture, with four species of o’opu that were favored for eating and the fifth that was believed to be related to […]
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Saving Kauai’s ‘i’iwi bird
ALAKAI SWAMP, KAUAI — A little blip of red flits through the ohia trees, chasing nectar all over Kauai’s Alakai plateau.It’s an ‘i‘iwi, Hawaii’s iconic honeycreeper, and it’s slowly disappearing from the forests of the archipelago, mainly due to a low resistance to avian malaria, which is transmitted by mosquitoes. But a new study tracking […]
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