People spreading coqui

[Carey]

Julie, early on, there was no real drive to exterminate the frogs. I really do believe no one thought that their population would explose like it did. By the time there was any thought given, methods had to be developed (after all, most areas do not have rampant frog population explosions....so there was very little data on HOW to get rid of the frogs).
The county does have sprayers that indivduals & homeowner assn. can utilizr & there are a couple of indepedant copanies that have started in the last couple of years to work on frog extermination.
The main problem is that by the time there was data on how to control the frogs, the frogs were way out of control, and even if everyone living on their land could control all of the frogs on their land, there are so many landowners who do not live on their land, and so much land that is state, federal or in large landowners, that many people I know are now just dealing with the frogs near the house....
It can be pretty amazing going through areas of Puna where there has not been much build out. It is also amazing to go by some of the greenhouse areas that where stereophonic frogs a couple of years ago & are now quiet, most have had to install mega buck systems just to be able control the frogs so that they can sell their plants.