East Maui taro farmers claim water victory
The Honolulu Advertiser reports that "East Maui
taro farmers were claiming victory
yesterday in their ongoing battle to keep
water in streams for farming and traditional gathering
practices. An O'ahu Circuit Court judge on
Wednesday ruled that the state Board of Land and Natural Resources must first
consider the farmers, others with rights to the stream water and the environment
before allowing the diversion of 60 billion gallons of water per year used
primarily to irrigate Hawai'i's largest sugar
plantation."The Star-Bulletin also
covers the same story.
Posted: Fri - September 19, 2003 at 08:53 AM