PO'AI WAI OLA - West Kaua'i Watershed Alliance

11/06/2019

The recent designation of líq’tәd (Licton) Springs Park as a city landmark raises important questions about what we value as a city, what deserves protection and why.

11/02/2019

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The state Department of Land and Natural Resources says it has accidentally killed hundreds of native oopu fish it was trying to help during work to improve the stream habitat at Wailuku River.

08/09/2019

Kapu Aloha from Waimea to Mauna Kea

07/11/2019

Press release: Judge cites the State-ADC in violations of Clean Water Act on public trust lands in West Kauai.

Hawai‘i’s Agribusiness Development Corporation (ADC) has violated the federal Clean Water Act by polluting ocean waters along Kauaʻi’s West Side without a permit, a federal court ruled yesterday.

07/06/2019

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Molokai residents gathered at Kawela Stream this morning in support of restoring stream flow that has been diverted for more than 100 years by Molokai Ranch. Legal action was filed today by Earthjustice, on behalf of community group Molokai No Ka Heke, before the state Commission on Water Resource Management. The filing requests removal of unused or wasteful diversions on Kawela, Kaunakakai and Manuwainui streams, and the formal abandonment and cleanup of dams, along with restoration of the island’s stream flows which supply the aquifer. For more, read next week’s Dispatch. Photo by Catherine Cluett Pactol.

05/06/2019

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Four dams along the Klamath River will be removed

04/27/2019

e ola mau na wai o Honomanu!

HANA — After years of overgrowth, stream diversion and watershed mismanagement, taro patches in Honomanu Valley are on a path toward restoration, according to

12/29/2018

Water flowing through the city's pipes will generate electricity like a dam with none of the environmental consequences.

06/23/2018

A landmark decision was made Wednesday in the largest water rights case in the state.

03/21/2018

Good news for Maui! 🌀

11/01/2017

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This video is about Historic Waimea Water Settlement

07/26/2017

Nearly 500 volunteers have moved close to 500,000 pounds of silt since March.