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mahina

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2. No,

Reply to msongs (Reply #1)

Thu Jul 5, 2012, 02:42 AM

Jul 2012

not really. DLNR is hardly bloated. It's horrendously under funded for the work we expect of it. Bill Aila, head of DLNR, is a gem and the people in the department work their hearts out. I am not related to any of them but I am not kidding. Taking care of the aina is what they are all about. Their budgets have been slashed.

SOEST's Dr. Chip Fletcher is another really good egg. http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/coasts/index.html

So yeah...no.

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