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…