09-24-2007, 04:03 AM
If anyone is worried about the waste issues & tours in Hawaii, Uh-Hilo is starting to compile data (just starting...need data) on the tours, esp. backcountry &4WD tours that are running tourists out ewith no facilities. They are starting to look at the Champaign Ponds area, where are now 4WD tour buses taking tourist. There are no facilities in this area, nor observed on the buses. The 'toileting' facilites around this area have increased (some are absolutely amazing, in a yucky ewww way), and some should be of concern to both people shore fishing & those who use Champaigne Pond. This is state land (most new lava) and it is something that Puna must plan for early....