Aloha Walter, thank you for your thoughts.

I am sure you will agree that as long as there is a question of the health of the planet we all must make sacrifices to insure mankind's impacts aren't too disruptive. That we must realize the ways of the past are not suitable going forward in a world where the population has exploded and the demand for "resources" is so great as to overburden this lovely place beyond her ability to provide. And maybe, just maybe, with Papahānaumokuākea we have a chance, a very slim chance to preserve something that is wonderful before it is swept away as so many other natural wonders have already been, are being destroyed by the hands of men. Men that are only doing what is their right, their tradition, but still their gathering of "resources" is killing their creator. And, God forbid, I know above all things you wouldn't want to contribute to the degradation of our environment. Who would?