Jonathan Scheuer on water issues surrounding Lāhainā fire

Water rights expert Jonathan Scheuer, author of the 2022 book “Water and Power in West Maui,” said Lahaina used to be a wetland and Native ...

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A close up of a wave of clear water on a blue background. Jonathan Scheuer on water issues surrounding Lāhainā fire. Jonathan Scheuer. Scheuer appointed to ...

How last year's wildfires reignited a battle over water rights on Maui

The battle over Maui's water supply intensified last August, when wildfires tore through the island and devastated the community of Lahaina.

Lahaina's deadly fire has intensified Maui's fight over water rights

KIHEI, MAUI — Just up the mountain from Lahaina where so many of his friends lost their homes, Ku'uleialoha Palakiko recently walked through his ...

How we reported on Lahaina's returning wetlands

The Washington Post spent months reporting on the wetland restoration project bringing Lahaina hope following the August wildfires.

Lahaina Fire Prompts a Shift in Maui's Long-Running Water Fights

After a fight over water on the day of the Lahaina fire, the governor says the state has “tipped too far” in trying to preserve water.

One year later, Lahaina looks to restoration - CNN

... Fresh leaves sprout from the ... Water rights expert Jonathan Scheuer says the legal structure of ...

Maui mayor voices need for county water distribution after wildfires

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The Lahaina Blaze Is Rekindling An Old Debate Over Using Water ...

The department in essence was blaming Hawaii Environmental Court Judge Jeffrey Crabtree for hindering the ability to use water to fight fires on ...

How 19th-century pineapple plantations turned Maui into a tinderbox

Land privatization and water depletion set the stage for the Lahaina fire ... of the fire, which became a new flashpoint in Maui's water use ...

Water access and use conflicts mount with Lahaina fire - KHON2

“Before the fire swept into Lahaina, we asked for permission to fill our reservoirs,” Tremble told me, “to assist Maui Fire Department, which ...

Lahaina fires reveal ongoing power struggle for West Maui water rights

Glenn Tremble, an executive at the company, said access to more water in streams from Ukumehame to Kahoma in West Maui may have made a ...

DLNR Part of the Problem? - Punaweb

Although Green didn't address the West Maui Land Co. incident directly, he waded into the topic during remarks at a Lahaina fire news briefing ...

'Things have shifted': Maui farmers applaud in-person visit from ...

Scheuer said the fact ...

The regular meeting of the Board of Water Supply ... - Maui County

Member Musson asked if the EMRCB is planning on responding to the questions that the BLNR sent them. Page 3. 3. Chair Scheuer will be reviewing ...

Report: Community ownership offers solution to land ... - Maui Now

8, 2023, wildfires in Lahaina. That according to findings of a ... The report was prepared by its principal, Jonathan Likeke Scheuer, with ...

State-Aided Disaster Capitalism? - Ka Wai Ola

When the West Maui Land Company's claims were disproven – water diverted by the company could not have been used in any way to fight the Lahaina ...

Fire Exposes Flaws in Hawaii's Defenses Against Climate Shocks

... water, exacerbating the problem. Hawaii has more than 100 dams ... fire, according to Jonathan Scheuer, an expert in Hawaii water policy.

Battles brew over Maui water grabs in wake of wildfires

The same day the fire destroyed Lahaina, West Maui Land Co. executive Glenn Tremble wrote to the CRMW Deputy Kaleo Manuel asking to divert water ...