By Wendy Osher [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtIfcpkJbgI[/youtube] The county broke ground today on the long awaited Lahaina Watershed Flood Control Project.  The project is designed to divert floodwater from the heavily populated Lahainaluna, Puamana and the surrounding area.  Maui Mayor Charmaine Tavares said that after 30 years of planning, a half a century of discussion, she is pleased [...]

Maui’s David “Buddy” Nobriga is one of four people in the pacific islands recognized as environmental heroes by the U.S. EPA.  The award was issued during the agency’s 11th annual Environmental Awards Ceremony in San Francisco earlier this month.  Nobriga was recognized for founding the West Maui Soil and Water Conservation District in 1956, the [...]