10-31-2013, 10:05 AM
On our trip into and back from Hilo today, we noticed the median cleanup on Hwy 11 across from HCCC was leaving a small grove of 'ohias. Compliments to the highway crews for their care! The ground is clearly well scraped of other vegetation around them so this could be an interesting experiment in whether surface root disturbance (including the heavy machinery) harms 'ohias.