Army Publishes Final Environmental Impact Statements for Oʻahu Lands

EDITORIAL: Army’s Pohakuloa report inadequate

Plagued by omissions and outdated data that fell short of utmost due diligence, the Army’s final environmental impact statement (FEIS) toward retaining use of state land at the Pohakuloa Training Area (PTA) on Hawaii island deserved to be rejected. And gratifyingly, that’s just what the state Board of Land and Natural Resources (BLNR) decided on Friday, after a long day of impassioned public testimony that mostly opposed acceptance of the report…

Army publishes final environmental impact statements for Oʻahu lands

HONOLULU (KHON2) -- The U.S. Army has published is final environmental impact statement regarding the proposed retention of around 6,300 acres of state-owned lands at Kahuku Training Area, Kawailoa-Poamoho Training Area and Mākua Military Reservation on Oʻahu. This comes after the Army's request to maintain their usage of the Pohakuloa Training Area on Hawaiʻi Island was denied by the state Board of Land and Natural Resources just days ago. …

Is The Military In For A Wake-Up Call As Hawaiʻi Leases Near End?

The state's rejection of the U.S. Army's environmental assessment of impacts of its training may foreshadow the future, one some Native Hawaiians say won't be smooth sailing.

Is The Military In For A Wake-Up Call As Hawaiʻi Leases Near End? The state’s rejection of the U.S. Army’s environmental assessment of impacts of its training may foreshadow the future, one some Native Hawaiians say won’t be smooth sailing.

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