State land board rejects Army’s FEIS to renew leases for use of Oʻahu land

The state Board of Land and Natural Resources has rejected an environmental review that would have brought the U.S. Army a step closer to retaining nearly 6,000 acres on Oʻahu for military training.

On Friday, the land board voted 5-1 against the Army’s final environmental impact statement for the Kahuku Training Area, the Mākua Military Reservation and the entirety of the Kawailoa-Poamoho Training Area.

The leases for those areas end in 2029…

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