Maui Resort, Earthjustice Look To Resolve Lawsuit Over Lights Injuring Seabirds …Jay Penniman, who manages Maui Nui Seabird Recovery Project, is advocating for the creation of an islandwide seabird habitat conservation plan like Kauai has.
Settlement talks have been scheduled for next month in a lawsuit over how to protect endangered Hawaiian petrels from bright lights at the oceanfront Grand Wailea hotel on Maui.
Earthjustice sued the hotel’s owners in early February for failing to take what the organization considers adequate measures to shield the seabirds from lights that can attract and disorient them, particularly fledglings. The firm is representing the Conservation Council for Hawaii and Center for Biological Diversity.
