Ohia trees are dying rapidly, Why?

[kalakoa]

Do the birds rinse their little feet with bleach before they land on another tree?

What about the pigs?

some fungi do eventually move to other crops or trees

This is easily avoided by not planting more than 10% of any one species.

this ROD was a serious environmental problem and that nobody was going to want to admit or take the fall for it, especially politicians.

They've managed to avoid responsibility for LFA, coqui, CBB, etc, but that's not the point: assignment of blame does not replace the trees.