Ohia trees are dying rapidly, Why?

[Justin]

The fungus is known, but the distribution is not. If it is an insect, or otherwise airborne, there is really no hope for existing trees. That's not me being negative, that's me being realistic. For a fungus that kills plants in less than a month, and moves quickly, coming up with a "solution" on the order of years is going to be too late, and that's just math.

I really think more should be done on the landscaping side, to grow fungus-resistant trees, either through selective hybridization and/or grafting Ohia trees onto other Metrosideros root stock.

Just my two cents.