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ENVIRONMENTAL

Ocean Policy Task Force Public Meeting
At first, Hawaii folks were incredulous. How could the Islands possibly be excluded from a presidential initiative aimed at saving the oceans? “Have you forgotten that Hawaii is one big fishery?” wrote Marjorie Bonar of the Maui Coastal Land Trust on a Web site accepting....Full article by Joan Conrow in the HONOLULU WEEKLY HERE

State Cites Chevron Hawaii Refinery
The Clean Water Branch of the state Department of Health says it has cited the Chevron Hawaii Refinery on Oahu for water quality violations. AP article on KPUA.Net HERE.

SEA LIFE
Hawaii Researchers Explore Previously Unseen Coral
Scientists over the past month explored coral reefs in the remote Northwestern Hawaiian Islands that until recently were considered too deep for scuba divers to reach. Divers swam among previously unseen reefs as deep as 250 feet during a monthlong research trip to the islands by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration vessel Hiialakai. AP article by Audrey McAvoy HERE.

Appetite For Baby Chicks Hurts Herons' Reputation
Last week as I looked through my literature on Hawaii's shorebirds, a headline in the Hawaii Audubon Society's journal, Elepaio, stopped me. It said, "The Black-Crowned Night Heron: The Bad and the Good." The bad? What could be bad about these stunning birds with the ruby-red eyes? Star Bulletin article by Susan Scott HERE.