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December 2007

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Water Advisory Committee meetings

The ninth meeting of the Water Advisory Committee (WAC) for the Central Maui District and a joint meeting of for the Central and Upcountry WAC's are scheduled in the month of January as follows:

Central District Ninth Meeting:
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
6:00 - 9:00 PM
Maui Arts and Cultural Center, Haynes Meeting Room

Joint Special Meeting:
Sunday, January 13, 2008
2:00 - 5:00 PM
Door of Faith Church, Huelo

The primary subject of the ninth Central District meeting is presentation of some of the results of the ongoing analysis of the Final Candidate Strategies for the Central Maui District. An agenda is enclosed.

A joint meeting of the Central and Upcountry WAC's is scheduled in Huelo on a Sunday afternoon for the convenience of residents in the Haiku and Honopou areas. The purpose of this meeting is to provide information and hear concerns regarding the impacts of the Central and Upcountry District resource development strategies on the Haiku and Honopou areas. A proposed agenda for this meeting is attached.

Please note that the tentatively scheduled January 9 meeting for the Upcountry District Water Advisory Committee is postponed until February to allow our WUDP consultant additional time to conduct analysis of the Upcountry District Final Candidate Strategies. The next following meetings for the Upcountry and Central Districts are now scheduled in February as follows. The locations and times of these meetings will be confirmed later in January.

Upcountry District Ninth Meeting: Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Central District Eleventh Meeting: Thursday, February 14, 2008

Thank you for your interest and participation in the Water Use and
Development Plan process.

Jeffrey K. Eng, Director
Department of Water Supply

Written by Maui Tomorrow News on December 31st, 2007 with comments disabled.
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Ferry halts for third day

Strong winds and high seas have pushed the Hawaii Superferry back into port for the third straight day today and could keep it there tomorrow, officials said. While ferry officials canceled hundreds of passengers' trips between Maui and Oahu this week, they say that they expected days like this during the month of December.
"When we came into this market, we knew that there would be days that we would be canceling due to sea conditions," said Terry O'Halloran, Superferry director of business development. "From the data we've gathered, December historically has the highest sea conditions." O'Halloran declined to say how much money the Superferry is losing because of the cancellations.

Written by Maui Tomorrow News on December 29th, 2007 with comments disabled.
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Superferry protesters shift focus

Protesters of the Hawaii Superferry made their largest showing yet Saturday morning and likely their last for the foreseeable future, organizers said. Irene Bowie, executive director of Maui Tomorrow, announced that they instead intend to contest the high-speed ferry's operations with an appeal to the Hawaii Supreme Court - which previously ruled that an environmental assessment should be completed on the ferry operation using state harbors.

Written by Maui Tomorrow News on December 22nd, 2007 with comments disabled.
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Herbivore Enhancement Area to strengthen reef

At a Fish Identification Network event at Kakekili Beach in Ka'anapali in October, "finnies" learned that what they were seeing in their fish counts was evidence of how fish diversity suffers when invasive algal species take the place of endemic species in a coral reef.
"The alien algae problem can be a symptom and a cause of reef degradation," explains Darla White, a marine biologist who works with community groups to develop volunteer monitoring protocols derived from Department of Aquatic Resources (DAR) data sets.
"An Herbivore Enhancement Area (HEA) is not going to work for every reef," she explains. The health of the reef differs from site to site for different reasons." However, in some areas, enhancing the herbivore population can curtail the growth of invasive algal and restore the health of the reef, she said.

Written by Maui Tomorrow News on December 10th, 2007 with comments disabled.
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State water commission will hold meetings in Maui County

The state Commission on Water Resource Management will hold three meetings in Maui County this month as part of proposed revisions to the state Water Resources Protection Plan. Originally prepared in 1990, the updated plan draft takes into account new and better information such as hydrologic data and land-use changes. It also includes policies set by the commission and/or the Hawaii Supreme Court.

Written by Maui Tomorrow News on December 10th, 2007 with comments disabled.
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Damage at Kahului Harbor forces a second cancellation of the Superferry’s Maui route

The Hawaii Superferry was forced to cancel its startup Oahu-Maui run for the second time due to damage to Kahului Harbor improvements from wave action. This time, mooring posts tied by lines to the docking barge were pulled from the pier by unusually high waves Monday. It will take at least three days to reset just one of the posts.

Written by Maui Tomorrow News on December 5th, 2007 with comments disabled.
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Ethanol Craze Cools As Doubts Multiply

Little over a year ago, ethanol was winning the hearts and wallets of both Main Street and Wall Street, with promises of greater U.S. energy independence, fewer greenhouse gases and help for the farm economy. Today, the corn-based biofuel is under siege. In the span of one growing season, ethanol has gone from panacea to pariah in the eyes of some. The critics, which include industries hurt when the price of corn rises, blame ethanol for pushing up food prices, question its environmental bona fides and dispute how much it really helps reduce the need for oil.

Written by Maui Tomorrow News on December 5th, 2007 with comments disabled.
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Irrational fear sustains taboo on handy hemp

A federal judge recently ruled in a court case that, "Industrial hemp may not be the terrible menace the DEA makes it out to be, but industrial hemp is still considered to be a Schedule I controlled substance under the current state of the law in this circuit and throughout the country."
In a presidential election year, it is highly unlikely that Congress will exercise the leadership to authorize America's farmers to grow industrial hemp. Yet hemp commercial products can reduce America's carbon footprint and help to combat climate change.

Written by Maui Tomorrow News on December 2nd, 2007 with comments disabled.
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