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On the Front Lines of the Coqui Battle With Maui Invasive Species Committee

Image courtesy of MISC Not every menace looks menacing. Take the coqui frog: at a glance it’s the very definition of unassuming—small, delicate, even cute. But don’t be fooled. The coqui is a very real...

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The Seven Worst Things Ever Introduced to Hawaii

By Anu Yagi & Jacob Shafer 7. KIAWE Image: Forest & Kim Starr Yes, kiawe is great for smoking meat. Yes, its flowers provide nectar for bees and the honey they produce. And yes, it often grows...

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Why Illegal Snakes Will Ravage Hawaii

By Jacob Shafer Though he inspired one of the world’s great drinking holidays, St. Patrick never actually drove the snakes out of Ireland. Turns out, there never were any snakes to begin with. Hawaii,...

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MauiTime Book of Lists

  Compiled by Anthony Pignataro and Anu Yagi Everyone likes lists, right? David Letterman’s Top Ten, the Chicago Seven, the Forbes 400, the Indianapolis 500–wait, that last one might not be right....

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Maui Environment Status Report: Earth Day may be over, but Maui County...

Just because Earth Day has passed, that doesn’t mean we can all go back to our fast food meals, sports utility vehicles and 15 gadget chargers. Sure, Maui seems more enlightened than many places on...

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Andaz Little Fire Ant Infestation Story Shows Why Maui News Organizations...

Why. There are six questions every cub reporter gets taught before he or she ventures out on a story: Who?, What?, When?, Where?, Why? and How? Of those, perhaps the most important–and the one that...

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Little Fire Ant community meeting this Wednesday at Haiku Community Center

There’s a big meeting about little fire ants (LFA) tomorrow night at the Haiku Community Center. It’s being hosted by the good folks at  the Hawaii Ant Lab, Hawaii Department of Agriculture, County of...

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‘Maui Still Has A Chance’– Talking story with Albert Perez, Maui Tomorrow’s...

If it seems to you that the problems facing Maui today–more traffic, less affordable housing, stream flow politics, cane burning–seem overwhelming, it just means that you’re paying attention....

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County of Maui wants to teach us all Aloha because of the 2014 Kalama Park...

We’ve all the seen the video. Posted on YouTube on Feb. 16, 2014, it showed a young local man repeatedly cursing some white people at Kalama Beach Park in Kihei, all why they record him with their...

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Quizunderstood: What do you know about Maui politicians taking sides in a...

1. On Mar. 17, business reporter Howard Dicus said on Hawaii Public Radio that one state legislator had taken the side of the Air Line Pilots Association in their ongoing dispute with Hawaiian...

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Kiwanis Club of Kahului hosting Maui County Environmental Coordinator Rob...

Maui County Environmental Coordinator–and longtime MauiTime contributor–Rob Parsons will speak at an upcoming Kiwanis Club of Kahului luncheon. Parsons has lived on Maui for 36 years and is now in his...

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Haleakala National Park entrance fees go up starting June 1

Take note, those of you who enjoy visiting Haleakala National Park: entrance fees will go up slightly, starting next month. “Beginning on June 1, 2016, Haleakala National Park daily entrance fees will...

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Haleakala National Park closing Holua area for Argentine Ant control

Haleakala National Park will close its Holua section of the backcountry area from the evening of July 14 to July 15. This closure is so that park biologists can control invasive Argentine ants....

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Remembering the late Maui scientist Lloyd Loope

By Maddox Royce When the invasive plant Miconia calvescens threatened to destroy Maui’s rainforest as it had in Tahiti, Maui scientist Lloyd Loope stepped forward to help to organize a committee to...

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You can now connect to Maui Invasive Species Committee with your smartphone

You can now connect with the Maui Invasive Species Committee (MISC) using the COM Connect app on a smartphone. It’s a mobile communication tool that gives citizens the ability to alert Maui County...

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2017 MauiTime Year In Review

It’s been a helluva year, and that’s not a good thing. For the United States, the watchwords for 2017 have been violence and hatred–against women, African-Americans, immigrants, LGBTQ individuals and...

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