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In March of 1959 huge headlines across the Islands carried the news: Statehood! Five months later, on August 21, the United States declared Hawai‘i its…

When Hi‘ilei Kawelo thinks about Hawaiian loko i‘a or fishponds, she marvels at the innovation that her k?puna brought to their relationship with the sea.…

Today there is a movement to restore many of the Hawaiian loko i?a or fishponds that could once be found across the Islands, says Hi?ilei Kawelo,…

The brothers who succeeded Kauikeaouli as sovereigns—Alexander Liholiho and Lota Kapu?iwa—were the first of Hawai‘i’s kings to be fully educated in the…

Prized for its beautiful wood product, koa is one of the most valuable woods on the planet. Restoring koa forests is a profitable practice. Economics, in…

Stacy Sproat-Beck grew up on the north shore of Kaua?i in a family that farmed and fished—she was literally raised by the land and sea around her and that…

The Natural Area Reserve System, or NARS, is spread across the state of Hawai?i. It was established by the Hawai?i Department of Land and Natural…

The arts in ancient Hawai‘i were deeply connected with the rituals of daily life, says Hawai‘i ecologist Kekuhi Keali‘ikanaka‘oleohaililani, and whatever…

Along the North Kona Coast of Hawai?i Island, there are a cluster of endangered plant preserves. Around 70 of them are located at the villages of…

When the Polynesians arrived in these islands they found a wonderland where virtually every ecosystem on earth was present. Wet or dry, hot or cold, lush…