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EXHIBIT A <br /> 44 VANDERWOUDE ET AL. <br /> o . <br /> - <br /> 4' <br /> OW <br /> "Allik <br /> .. , <br /> L. _ Scale 20 miles <br /> Figure 5.Locations of all known sites on Maui infested with Wasmannia auropunctata. <br /> In late 2012, a second eradication at- resident reported receiving painful stings <br /> tempt was implemented. At this time,the from small ants on her property.Samples <br /> critical issues of bait efficacy(Hara 2013, of these ants were submitted to the HDOA <br /> Hara et al.2014,Montgomery et al.2015) entomologist who confirmed it was Was- <br /> and arboreal treatment(Vanderwoude and manilla auropunctata. An inter-agency <br /> Nadeau 2009) had been largely resolved. taskforce was established, consisting of <br /> Due to the complexity of the site and staff from the County of Maui, Maui <br /> regulatory issues,this attempt was divided Invasive Species Committee (MISC), <br /> into two phases: initially focusing on the HDOA, US Geological Survey, Univer- <br /> readily accessible areas and later address- sity of Hawaii, and the Hawaii Ant Lab <br /> ing the escarpment and taller vegetation. (Hawaii Department of Agriculture 2009, <br /> To date (late 2016), results are encourag- Vanderwoude et al. 2010). Together they <br /> lug.The entire site is putatively free of W. formulated an eradication plan which in- <br /> atiropunctata with only a single known eluded treatment,outreach and delimiting <br /> active colony detected beneath a taller elements (Vanderwoude et al. 2010).The <br /> tree.Monitoring of this site and treatment ants were restricted to a single property <br /> of the known small colony continues, and an island-wide delimiting survey of <br /> Maui. Wasmannia auropunctam have probable high-risk sites did not find addi- <br /> been detected multiple times on the is- tional infestations.The Waihee infestation <br /> land of Maui (Figure 5). The first LFA was officially eradicated in April 2014. <br /> infestation detected on Maui was located In December 2013, a Maui resident, <br /> in Waihee.immediately west of the main alerted by various outreach programs i m- <br /> city of Kahului, in September 2009. A plemented by MISC,found W.auropunc- <br />