HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0986.886 2018-2020From: Mason Myrmo COUNTY CLERK
Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2020 10:12 PM COUNTY OF HAWAI I I
To: Council Testimony RECEIVED
Subject: support 678-20 resolution
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Date JUL 2 1 2020
I work doing habitat restoration for Hawaii islands endemic, endangered Hawaiian Yellow Faced ( hylaeus ) bees.
Our island Home is also Host to other endangered insects, like the endemic Kamehameha Butterfly, and Blackburns
Sphinx Moth. We are also home to endangered Damselflys ( similar to Dragonflies ). Actually, the Hawaiian Islands
are known as the endangered species capital of the world. We understand very little about insects, and I doubt most
residents in Hawaii are aware of the Hawaiian Yellow Faced bee. We know even less about the safety, and effects 5G
has on our native pollinators. It's a risk that I'm personally not willing to take, a risk of extinction. I would encourage
the council to vote in the favor of conservation, and literally "save the bees". Please vote in favor of the species that
have no words to defend themselves with, and have lived here since long ago before humans ever arrived on these
Islands.
-Mason Myrmo
Mason Myrmo
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