#Lauren Blickley

Maui Council committee forwards Pāʻia Town project to the Maui Planning Commission

A mixed-use development proposed for 40 acres of former sugarcane land near Pāʻia won committee approval Wednesday, moving a project that would bring up to 170 homes, commercial businesses, a medical clinic and a public parking lot to the next stage of a years-long entitlement process.

No high levels of bacteria found off of West Maui in five months following Lahaina wildfire

Ocean water quality samples taken from seven sites off the Lahaina burn zone showed no high bacteria levels five months after the Aug. 8 wildfires, according to the 2023 Blue Water Task Force water quality report released by the Surfrider Foundation Hawaiʻi.

Surf Clinic Earns Sustainable Tour Certification

Lahaina-based ocean recreation company Maui Surf Clinics has been awarded the Sustainable Tour Operator Certification from the Sustainable Tourism Association of Hawaiʻi.

Certified Interpretive Guide Program Offered at UHMC

The Sustainable Living Institute of Maui and the University of Hawai‘i Maui College Office of Continuing Education & Training is offering certification in the nationally recognized Certified Interpretive Guide (CIG) program.

Maui Launches Ocean Friendly Restaurants Program

More than 25 Maui and O‘ahu restaurants are taking part in a new initiative to become certified as “ocean-friendly,” in an effort to reduce single-use plastics.