Waimea’s efforts to control the spread of coqui frogs in the community have been jumpstarted by the award of a $10,000 grant to Coqui-Free Waimea (CFW), said Laura Dierenfield on behalf of the Waimea Preservation Association, the local non-profit that is acting as fiscal agent for the project. The grant was awarded by the [...]

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? [...]

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 [...]

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).

We don’t want Waimea to sound like this: Coqui Raymond McGuire, the coqui control coordinator for Hawaii County, wrote this week that “the past few surveys that we conducted in Waimea were fruitless.  Even the populations of frogs we knew of were not calling those nights we surveyed due to the cold and winds of winter.  [...]

Big Island Invasive Species Committee (BIISC) and Kohala Watershed Partnership (KWP) are calling upon all interested partners to join in their efforts to preserve the integrity of Waimea’s landscapes, forests, farms and watersheds. That window of opportunity still exits! On Tuesday, November 29, two workshops will be held in Waimea as a first step to [...]