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Kapua Sproat

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Mid-Pacific Office

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Kapua Sproat

Counsel Mid-Pacific Office

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Miranda Fox
Public Affairs and Communications Strategist
mfox@earthjustice.org

Kapua Sproat is Counsel for Earthjustice’s Mid-Pacific regional office.

She was born and raised on KauaÊ»i’s North Shore in Kalihiwai and is a member of the Akana and Sproat Ê»Ohana of KauaÊ»i and Kohala, HawaiÊ»i.

Kapua received a BA from Mills College in 1995 in political, legal and economic analysis. Kapua received her juris doctor from the University of HawaiÊ»i’s William S. Richardson School of Law in 1998 with an environmental law certificate.

Expert Posts & Articles

Water rights heroes John and Rose Marie Duey at home in ‘Īao Valley.
September 9, 2016

Maui Couple Plants a Taro Patch, Grows a Movement for Hawaiian Water Rights

By Kapua Sproat

It was like a horrible dream: Native Hawaiians fined for growing food and practicing their culture.
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Miranda Fox
Public Affairs and Communications Strategist
mfox@earthjustice.org

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Quoted in the News

August 17, 2023

The Guardian

Why was there no water to fight the fire in Maui?

"For over a century, water across Maui Komohana, the western region of the island, has been extracted to benefit outside interests: first large sugar plantations and, more recently, their corporate successors."