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OCT01 Temp.P65 MALAMA I KA HONUA Cherish The Earth Journal of the Hawaii Chapter Sierra Club Volume 33 Number 4 October - December 2001 Saving O`ahu from Sprawl Castle and Cookes Koa Ridge paves prime ag land mission he remaining stretches of agricultural open space you can enjoy between the developed areas of Pearl City and Mililani may soon be history if Castle and Cooke gets per- Randy Ching mission to build T Used with Per photo. 7,500 houses along Koa Ridge. Add to that the already approved Waiawa by Gentry, Mililani Mauka, and Royal Kunia projects and you have the urban sprawl in central O`ahu that citizens and plan- Star-Bulletin ners have been trying to escape. Koa Ridge: Prime ag land or housing sprawl? Castle and Cooke is currently asking the State Land Use Commission to reclassify 1250 acres of agricultural lands tural land, important open space, and outside of the dedi- on either side of H2 just South of Mililani. They are plan- cated growth area of Ewa and the Second City of Kapolei. ning to construct some 7,500 housing units, in addition to Honolulu Mayor Jeremy Harris apparently supports pre- a large medical complex. The current development plan venting more sprawl in central O`ahu. In his 1998 State for the area calls for agriculture, not housing or commer- of the City Address, the Mayor suggested, Instead of continuing to allow urban sprawl in central O`ahu, I pro- cial projects. After all, the land is mostly prime agricul- continued on page 6 ments indicate that he is in the pro-drilling camp. Senator Requiem for the Refuge? Daniel Inouye, unfortunately, has been a long supporter hen Luci Beach, Gwich'in Indian, hears the oil of drilling in the Refuge, claiming Hawai`i needed this industry's standard reassurance that their plan to source, too. drill in Alaskas Arctic National Wildlife Refuge The case against drilling WHAT CAN YOU DO? Wwill only impact five percent of it, she asks, and your in the Arctic Refuge is Send a letter to: heart is what percentage of your body? Beach's meta- solid. Any drilling or in- Senator Daniel Akaka phor leaves no room for argument. dustrial activity will ir- Box 50144. The pulse of the Athabascan native people of Alaska, reparably harm the Honolulu, HI 96850 who have relied on caribou for 70% of food supplies, has fragile tundra ecosys- Or contact Senator Akaka: been felt throughout Hawai`i as they rally support for pro- tem, birthing ground Phone: 522-8970 tecting the Refuge from a misguided to the famed porcu- Fax: 545-4683 or email: [email protected] Steven Lee federal energy policy that is now pine caribou herd. Montgomery PhD before the Senate. Their focus is on The estimated 3.2 Protect the Arctic Refuge recovering Hawai`i Senator Daniel billion barrels of from drilling! Akaka, who until 1995 voted for wilderness status. The oil that are recov- Senator is still undecided as the swing voter on the erable will Bingaman (D-NM) Clean Energy Bill, but his recent com- hardly dent the continued on page 22 The Sierra Club, Hawai`i Chapter, is Hawaiis largest grassroots environmental advocacy organization INSIDE: New water monitoring program Maui sprawl Hikes and work trips Malama I Ka Honua October - December 2001 1 Deadline for next Malama Sierra Club December 1, 2001 Hawaii Chapter EXECUTIVE C OMMITTEE O FFICERS Fred Nakaguma (487-3098) ..................... Membership Adaline Kam ([email protected]) .... Newsletter ALAMA I KA ONUA Roberta Brashear (966-7002)............................. Chair M H ([email protected]) John Cummings (569-6485) ........................... Outings Chuck Burrows/Dick Mills ................... Ecology Camp Malama is published quarterly by Howard Wiig (988-4155) ............................ Vice-Chair volunteer members of the Sierra ([email protected]) Randy Ching (381-2891)..... 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