Environment, Conservation & Energy
Award presented to Senator Akaka for his commitment to preserving and protecting Wai Kele O Puna on the Island of Hawaii. The Trust for Public Land, 2006 . Photo by G. Brad Lewis.
Award presented to Senator Akaka for his commitment to preserving and protecting Pupukea-Paumalu on Oahu, Hawai. The Trust for Public Land, Hawaiian Islands Program and North Shore Community Land Trust. Pupukea-Paumalu , Oahu, Hawaii- 2007. Photo by Sean Davey; Surfer Kelly Slater.
Marine Life
S.1194 Marine Mineral Resources Research Act of 1996, became law in 10/19/1996.
Water Resource
S.264 Hawaii Water Resource Act of 2005, which became law.
National Parks
The National Parks Legislation hearings.
S.938 Hawaii Volcanoes National Park Adjustment Act of 2000.
S700 Ala Kahakai National Historic Trail Act, became law 11/13/2000. Kalaupapa National Historic Site
Tuesday, June 26, 1990 Parks and Public Land hearings.
Alaska Lands
Alaska Lands Act I hearings before the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife.
Wild & Scenic River
The Wild & Scenic Rivers Act hearings.
Clean Air
The act protects Americans from dangerous pollution like mercury, carbon, and methane
Hawaii Tropical Forest
Senator Akaka sponsored S.2679 The Hawaii Tropical Forest Recovery Act, which became public law on October 29, 1992.
It outlined action plans for the management of forestry in Hawaii and and with the hope that it would eventually be used for the sustainability of tropical forests globally. The principles for the action plan - stewardship, sustainable development, habitat conservation, and sensitivity to community needs – were planning concepts to carry through the natural forestry life -cycles which for forests are measured in centuries.
Maintaining the forest plan in this law ensured the endurance of our forests in balance with sustainable forestry ventures and the success of communities that surround the forests. akakaforests