Ohia trees are dying rapidly, Why?

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Hawnjigs, I thought similarly for a few years now. (the story is they died naturally-dieoff). We did get 2 or 3 really good rains the last 4 months, since the rain I have seen very few DYING trees. Some say we were in a long drought? yet my bushes never showed it, and 150 year old ohia's died. Maybe this years supposable geothermal funded health study will notice all the dead ohia trees?. Maybe not too?. Why does the state or feds not want to spend the money to know why the trees are dying?. The studies done in the past were in the 50's and 70's before geothermal, yet the way the trees are dying and the age is different. Yes natural die-offs have happened, I have also seen with my own eyes large Ohia's die next to Geothermal plant'S in the 80'(upper Pahoa) and 90's (lower Leilani). Makes me feel the same way now as I did back then, because of the way these trees died and where?. P.S Does anyone know if the indigenous rain forest tree OHIA or MAN was here first?.