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BENJAMIN J. CAYE7AN0 a JAMES J. NAKATANi
Governor e , ' Chairperson, ®oard of Agricustura
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Slate of Hawaii MailingAddress:
P,O. Box 22159
DEPARTMENT OE~J~~RkCULTURIm ~ konolulu, Hawaii968Z3d159
'1428 South Ki7'g°Stre®t
1~Ionolulu, Hawaii 96814-2512 Fax:(BOB)973-9613
September 6, 2001
The Honorable Nancy Pisicchio, Chair
Duman Services ~ l~conornic ®eveloprTlent Committee
County Council
County of Hawaii
Hawaii G®unty Building
25 Aupuni Str®et
Hilo, 1lawaii 96720
Dear Councilwoman Pisicchio:
Thank you for the invitation to appear before th® Hawaii County Council's Human
Services and l~.conorriic Development Committee on September 26, 2001 to
discuss the treefrog problem in l~awaii at this time,
The Hawaii Departrrlent oil' Agriculture has initiated efforts to control the frog
using pesticides and various quarantine control strategies. I loofc forward to
discussing these initiatives with the Committee on September 2~.
Sincerely,
I-YL~ WONC, Ph.D.
Plant Industry Administrator
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