Kaua‘i Island Utility Cooperative was informed Wednesday that the U.S. Department of Justice has obtained an indictment of the cooperative for violations of the Endangered Species Act and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. The information came in a KIUC press release. Read more … Source: The Garden Island

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Platanthera Holochila The last known specimen of a rare wild orchid on Kauai has disappeared. The Center for Plant Conservation says the Platanthera holochila, which lived for several years in the Alakai Swamp is thought to have died. Only 35 of the Hawaiian orchids are still living in the wild on Molokai and Maui, but [...]

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Credit: Robin Baird Four citizen groups, represented by Earthjustice, have filed a suit against the St. Regis Princeville Resort over the luxury resort’s alleged failure to prevent the ongoing deaths of rare native seabirds, in violation of the federal Endangered Species Act. The St. Regis is a property of Starwood Hotels and Resorts, which also [...]

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