01-24-2017, 11:51 AM
Jimbo, U of H is in a position to influence public policy based on findings as we are seeing via the moving ban. Open fire regulations have changed over the years at the whims of politicians and larger land barrons. When I was a kid, it would have been really confusing to locals even the suggestion of open fire bans. From my prospective it is as much a civil liberties issue as it is one of common sense. Please reread the thread about what kinds of fires are legal in Hawaii county.
The spoils of a successful pilot program will go to those quick enough to catch on. I believe your suggestion to "think like a scientist" and use a control was well intentioned, but instead of telling me what I should do, maybe you could get involved in your own way. This is now a community project. Everything I have done thus far has been time consuming and unpaid. 'Ohiagrrl' is 'Ohiagrumpyaunty' until she gets cortisone shots in her feet.
If it's a synthetic nitrate fertilizer to which you refer, that's a refined petroleum product it maybe good as a 'control' but it lacks the anti parasitic/anti fungal qualities that ash has in within it. To me it just seems like a waste of time to add any "control" when a preexisting, unwavering constant is that the trees are falling ill to AB/CF one by one, but I am no scientist. I believe I wouldn't have noticed the things I did if I were one because I wouldn't have the time to meditate on it
If it is these standards that are needed to promote change then the scientific community needs to come down off their ivory towers and get down and dirty with the community. Right now the outward appearance is that they are unwilling to have more than one sided conversations based on their own current assumptions. And so secretive. How long were they sitting on the Ambrosia Beetle knowledge? I'd hazard a guess it was at least for the life span of the research grant into injectable fungicides. If they want to have our respect they have to show that they are willing to do more than satisfy research grants that don't require positive results. The Ohia that are dying are hundreds of years old, they cannot be replaced. Saving them should be the primary motive of those in charge of public policy. People, you need to demand more. While Caldwell turns Honolulu into a jewel box, the natural splendor of Hawaii Island is disappearing. Thanks Rail. Thanks Aloha Stadium. Thanks $11 million courthouse in Hilo. Only $300k was dedicated to the DLNR last year to combat ROD. It's crazy making.
Rachel Carson episode on PBS last night. Silent Spring. My hero.
The spoils of a successful pilot program will go to those quick enough to catch on. I believe your suggestion to "think like a scientist" and use a control was well intentioned, but instead of telling me what I should do, maybe you could get involved in your own way. This is now a community project. Everything I have done thus far has been time consuming and unpaid. 'Ohiagrrl' is 'Ohiagrumpyaunty' until she gets cortisone shots in her feet.
If it's a synthetic nitrate fertilizer to which you refer, that's a refined petroleum product it maybe good as a 'control' but it lacks the anti parasitic/anti fungal qualities that ash has in within it. To me it just seems like a waste of time to add any "control" when a preexisting, unwavering constant is that the trees are falling ill to AB/CF one by one, but I am no scientist. I believe I wouldn't have noticed the things I did if I were one because I wouldn't have the time to meditate on it
If it is these standards that are needed to promote change then the scientific community needs to come down off their ivory towers and get down and dirty with the community. Right now the outward appearance is that they are unwilling to have more than one sided conversations based on their own current assumptions. And so secretive. How long were they sitting on the Ambrosia Beetle knowledge? I'd hazard a guess it was at least for the life span of the research grant into injectable fungicides. If they want to have our respect they have to show that they are willing to do more than satisfy research grants that don't require positive results. The Ohia that are dying are hundreds of years old, they cannot be replaced. Saving them should be the primary motive of those in charge of public policy. People, you need to demand more. While Caldwell turns Honolulu into a jewel box, the natural splendor of Hawaii Island is disappearing. Thanks Rail. Thanks Aloha Stadium. Thanks $11 million courthouse in Hilo. Only $300k was dedicated to the DLNR last year to combat ROD. It's crazy making.
Rachel Carson episode on PBS last night. Silent Spring. My hero.