02-13-2011, 05:15 AM
Okay I'll bite.
As we drove to Kona the other day over Saddle Rd, my Sierra Club friend was dismayed to see so many of one specific plant along the side of the new highway (they were tall and skinny kinda, whitish green).
She told me they came over it is believed on the equipment sent from mainland to do the work on Saddle Rd. It typically grows in the high deserts areas on the mainland but is becoming quite invasive here. She explained to me that every person who comes from off island has the potential to bring an invasive seed or microorganism on their shoes particularly, not just the military. Her take was the military is less circumspect when moving big equipment from off island to Pohakuloa about checking everything where a tourist just has shoes to brush off. The increase is just a quantity issue - the more than moves, the more chance of something harmful coming in.
But Bullwinkle, I cant answer your question either on who specifically sets the agenda! As bunnies can be just as invasive or more so than feral cats, or we would not have any jokes about bunnies reproductive behavior. [
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As we drove to Kona the other day over Saddle Rd, my Sierra Club friend was dismayed to see so many of one specific plant along the side of the new highway (they were tall and skinny kinda, whitish green).
She told me they came over it is believed on the equipment sent from mainland to do the work on Saddle Rd. It typically grows in the high deserts areas on the mainland but is becoming quite invasive here. She explained to me that every person who comes from off island has the potential to bring an invasive seed or microorganism on their shoes particularly, not just the military. Her take was the military is less circumspect when moving big equipment from off island to Pohakuloa about checking everything where a tourist just has shoes to brush off. The increase is just a quantity issue - the more than moves, the more chance of something harmful coming in.
But Bullwinkle, I cant answer your question either on who specifically sets the agenda! As bunnies can be just as invasive or more so than feral cats, or we would not have any jokes about bunnies reproductive behavior. [
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