07-01-2016, 05:01 AM
once we go down the GMO road
I don't see how GMO is required, here, just figure out some compatible species and start replanting the watershed.
Trying to avoid the usual scenarios:
1. "wait for the ecosystem to fail then apply for bailouts"
2. "endless argument about the best solution until it's too late"
3. "lawsuits against reforestation because the land is too sacred for haole trees"
I thought this was a distant problem with plenty of time for a solution ... then I confirmed ROD on my property, in an isolated part of the lot with no obvious vectors (away from the road, no neighbors, no trails, no geothermal wells, not worked with tools that might cross-contaminate, etc).
As if it blew in on the wind, and could infect any ohia anywhere at any time...
I don't see how GMO is required, here, just figure out some compatible species and start replanting the watershed.
Trying to avoid the usual scenarios:
1. "wait for the ecosystem to fail then apply for bailouts"
2. "endless argument about the best solution until it's too late"
3. "lawsuits against reforestation because the land is too sacred for haole trees"
I thought this was a distant problem with plenty of time for a solution ... then I confirmed ROD on my property, in an isolated part of the lot with no obvious vectors (away from the road, no neighbors, no trails, no geothermal wells, not worked with tools that might cross-contaminate, etc).
As if it blew in on the wind, and could infect any ohia anywhere at any time...