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Workers carry a coconut tree on Oct. 24 for coconut rhinoceros beetle inspection in Haleiwa.
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The recent environmental report from Washington regarding the eradication of “murder hornets” brought both hope and despair. If our state and county governments took invasive species seriously, we could eradicate some of the most ominous threats to these islands. We could fully engage, public and private. But so far, we choose to underinform the public, sidestep the funding, and slough off the responsibility to disabled offices and contractors in a pretense of doing.
Make the real efforts, or we will have a rail system but no coconut trees, and a stadium but no safe yards or parks to play in. Banana patches and papaya fields are sweet memories, and tropical nights have been lost to coqui in half of the land. Could we get guidance from the real doers in Washington? Governor, mayors, Council members: Do what it takes to invest in the lives of generations to come.
M. Puakea Nogelmeier
Kalihi
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