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On Hawaii Public Radio's "The Conversation" this morning one segment was about albezia trees:
There are no Albizia trees on Molokai and Hawaii Island would like to take a lesson... And although they say that eradication on the Big Island isn’t feasible, containment is. Springer Kaye is the Manager of the Big Island Invasive Species Committee.
http://hpr2.org/post/albizia-trees-under...y-services
Big Island Invasive Species Committee:
http://www.biisc.org/
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I respectfully disagree. Eradication of albezia from the big island is entirely feasible. All that is required is for the state to provide free milestone herbicide, a short course on the 'machete cut & squirt' approach (quick/easy), and pay a bounty for trees killed; say $1 / tree with digital photo evidence from two views showing surrounding area. People in the woods anyway (hunters, surveyers, marijuana cops, etc) could make a bit of extra change wacking these things.
Also the state needs to pass a law that makes it OK for private citizens to whack albezias on public lands. Some people are actually civic minded enough to take this chore on for future generations.
If these things are not eradicated, they will eventually take over all of puna. There is no guarantee that milestone herbicide, or civilization as we know it, will be permanently available. These things need to be wiped out or at some point in the future we may lose the tools to finish the job.
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And right-wing Stephen's Media failed to report there was an albizia mitigation meeting held with Schatz, Kenoi, HELCO, Ruderman, et al, to begin development of a hazard mitigation plan. However, Callis could write another slanted article on the PGV shutdown. Damon Tucker was the only one to report on the remarkable coming together of the county leadership.
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Senator Schatz met with Mayor Kenoi’s cabinet, HELCO, State Senator Ruderman, Director of Civil Defense Darryl Oliveira, representatives from the Big Island Invasive Species Council and the U.S. Forest Service, to begin the process of developing a hazard mitigation plan for albizia on the Big Island.
Albizia may not be possible to eradicate from Hawaii island but that doesn't mean the citizens and government should just lay down and not fight back. Albizia can definitely be cut back and that would reduce the hazards and damage. It isn't just a nuisance, it is a hazard and a menace. This storm could have been a lot worse and at least it served to put a spotlight on this problem that has been allowed to grow and spread. This isn't some insurmountable technical problem. It is the cost of large tree topping equipment to first remove the fragile, dangerous branches, then killing the trunk. The big problem is albizia has been generally classified in its own category, separate from the invasive species category which has funding. All it would take is political action to merge albizia with the invasive species list and put it as one of the top priorities, then start working the legislation to fund the effort.
Stephen's Media is such a rag but then there isn't anybody local to provide a newspaper that is a resource for the island, rather than a mainland right-wing propaganda effort to manipulate local issues.
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pahoated - knock off the right wing comments that you seem to make on post after post. It doesn't add anything to your thoughts, except to make you seem petty and uninformed.
The Tribune-Herald did report it and it was posted on-line at 1:02am today, 8/21. You either weren't smart enough to find the article, or maybe you are too cheap to pay for a real subscription?
Hint:Look under the "News" tab (and the Trib is anything but right wing. It is a terrible paper though).
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Killing an Albezia tree, at least those you can walk up to, is the easy part. Soon we will have tens of thousands of seedlings coming up due to the loss of the canopy exposing them to full sun. These will be coming up in a tangled mess of fallen trees and jungle. I've talked to arborists who see that happening now. No one I've asked knows how long the seeds stay viable.
I guess we have to start somewhere but if there had been an easy solution I think it would have been tried already. Maybe there is an Albezia moth. If only whatever is killing the Ohia in Puna did the same to the Albezia trees.
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On the other hand, they don't hide well
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Damn! That is one serious machine!
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Originally posted by PauHana
An interesting machine.
http://www.chonday.com/Videos/excamuoich2
Now those would be a wise investment on behalf of the County, even wiser would be to make sure they were operating everyday.
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