On Saturday, January 28, join the Kohala Watershed Partnership to help protect the forest in one of our most stunning preserves on Kohala Mountain: Pu’u Pili at Kahua Ranch.  This 270-acre preserve is a gem of Kohala Mountain biodiversity—and we will be working to control the non-native plants that threaten it. Our main focus will [...]

The Hawai’i County Environmental Management Commission will meet at W.M. Keck Observatory, 65-1120 Mamalahoa Highway, at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, January 25. The Commission meets bi-monthly and rotates its meetings between Hilo, Kona, and Waimea. Click this link for the agenda.

What are your “hot buttons” for the 2012 Legislature?   √       Job creation √       Taxes? √       Sky high electric bills – why isn’t PUC mandating increased use of geothermal? √       Equitable funding for public charter schools? √       Physician recruitment and retention? √       Medical insurance costs and availability? √       Agricultural water resource funding? [...]

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Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) collection events will occur between 7:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m., as follows: Saturday, December 3, 2011 at the Hilo Solid Waste Transfer Station. Saturday, December 10, 2011 at the Kailua-Kona (Kealakehe) Solid Waste Transfer Station.   . These events are for household generated and self-hauled waste only.  No business or farm wastes [...]

Green waste collection will be temporarily suspended at the Puakō Recycling and Transfer Station beginning Tuesday, November 1, 2011, to remove a fire threat and enforce a ban on commercial green waste at the facility. The transfer station will remain open three days a week according to its normal schedule for all other transfer station [...]

The Senate Committee on Water, Land and Housing (WLH) Chair Senator Donovan M. Dela Cruz and Vice Chair Senator Malama Solomon in partnership with Senator Gilbert Kahele are hosting the Department of Land and Natural Resources’ (DLNR) Hawai‘i Island Listening Sessions on Friday, November 4 and Saturday, November 5, 2011. The Waimea Listening Session will [...]

An interactive and informative presentation.  A voucher for a free Earth Machine home composter will be given to all participants.  The workshop will address composting home and yard greenwaste, including composting with worms and how to set up your own worm condo. Sat., Oct. 22, 2011, 10 a.m. – noon at Waimea Country School Workshop [...]

An interactive and informative presentation.  A voucher for a free Earth Machine home composter will be given to all participants.  Workshop will address composting home and yard greenwaste, and also composting with worms, including how to set up your own worm condo.  Sponsored by Recycle Hawai’i and funded by the Hawaii County Dept. of Environmental [...]

Sen. Malama Solomon and the Waimea Community Association have invited DLNR leadership to participate in a community discussion of issues and priorities.  DLNR participants will include Chair William Aila, Deputy Guy Kaulukukui, Emma Yuen with DOFAW, Bill Tam and Laura Stevens.  All invited.  Info: Senator Malama Solomon (974-4000 Ext. 67335).