In Fire-Stricken Maui, Sustainable Land Management Is Key
Surveying the aftermath of the Kula Upcountry Fire—one of three devastating wildfires that raged across Maui last month—Brendan Balthazar noticed a
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Surveying the aftermath of the Kula Upcountry Fire—one of three devastating wildfires that raged across Maui last month—Brendan Balthazar noticed a
On Aug. 8, Brendan Balthazar woke up at 2 a.m. to a phone call that a brush fire near Kula, in the upcountry of Maui, was heading for a pasture where he had cattle. Balthazar,...
East Maui Council member Sinenci said the passage of this charter amendment returns the stewardship of the East Maui watersheds toward local residents of East Maui, “residents who have often sacrificed their lives maintaining this system, and who had to idly watch as their life suffered from a lack of water.”
Prominent litigator David Boies is listing his sprawling Northern California ranch for $23 million. Known as Diamond B Ranch, the property comprises about 1,100 acres in Lower Lake, Calif., about 100 miles north of San Francisco. If it sold for its asking price, the sale would be the most expensive ever recorded in the county, according to Golden Gate Sotheby’s International Realty, one of the listing agencies. Mr. Boies, 79, said he and his wife Mary Boies bought the property, then a rundown ranch where Arabian horses were raised, in 1990 and built the main house, a three-story log home, ...