Comments on: Aulani Wilhelm honors wildlife at Papahanaumokuakea Monument http://earthsky.org/earth/aulani-wilhelm-honors-wildlife-at-papahnaumokukea-national-monument A Clear Voice for Science Thu, 24 May 2012 03:59:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Janyce Compau http://earthsky.org/earth/aulani-wilhelm-honors-wildlife-at-papahnaumokukea-national-monument/comment-page-1#comment-411720 Janyce Compau Fri, 14 Jan 2011 22:28:27 +0000 http://earthsky.org/?p=31267#comment-411720 Thanks for the impressive info.Very nice blog layout. Easy on the eyes. Thanks and happy holidays. Thanks for the impressive info.Very nice blog layout. Easy on the eyes. Thanks and happy holidays.

]]> By: Beth L. http://earthsky.org/earth/aulani-wilhelm-honors-wildlife-at-papahnaumokukea-national-monument/comment-page-1#comment-15053 Beth L. Fri, 08 Jan 2010 12:59:02 +0000 http://earthsky.org/?p=31267#comment-15053 You are correct on several counts. Protection of the area actually began with Teddy Roosevelt. And this monument-making was one of the swift, final acts of the Bush administration (to create a national park, a lengthy congressional approval process is needed). Conservation of any area that large is inherently political. However, I know additional management *is* needed. It's a bit like a fish tank: a system that seems to be taking care of itself actually demands very fastidious care...everything from species monitoring to establishing baselines of those species to keeping invasive creatures at bay and the encroaching effects of climate change. Management is itself a science. :) That piece, while not, on the surface, very science-rich, touches on the very oldest of ideas: that science is not secondary, but rather beholden to, wonderment. Yours truly, Beth You are correct on several counts.

Protection of the area actually began with Teddy Roosevelt.

And this monument-making was one of the swift, final acts of the Bush administration (to create a national park, a lengthy congressional approval process is needed). Conservation of any area that large is inherently political.

However, I know additional management *is* needed. It’s a bit like a fish tank: a system that seems to be taking care of itself actually demands very fastidious care…everything from species monitoring to establishing baselines of those species to keeping invasive creatures at bay and the encroaching effects of climate change. Management is itself a science. :)

That piece, while not, on the surface, very science-rich, touches on the very oldest of ideas: that science is not secondary, but rather beholden to, wonderment.

Yours truly,
Beth

]]> By: George D. Curtis http://earthsky.org/earth/aulani-wilhelm-honors-wildlife-at-papahnaumokukea-national-monument/comment-page-1#comment-15043 George D. Curtis Thu, 07 Jan 2010 20:42:24 +0000 http://earthsky.org/?p=31267#comment-15043 The idea of an unpronuncable name (that part-Hawaiians I have asked cannot translate nor easily say)as well as calling it a monument, is far-fetched and was largely political. The fishing around those islands has been controlled for years by the State and the Feds. And they are in our EEZ. There is really no additional "management" needed. Nothing very scientific involved. But, they are and were good places to study wildlife. The idea of an unpronuncable name (that part-Hawaiians I have asked cannot translate nor easily say)as well as calling it a monument, is far-fetched and was largely political. The fishing around those islands has been controlled for years by the State and the Feds. And they are in our EEZ.
There is really no additional “management” needed. Nothing very scientific involved. But, they are and were good places to study wildlife.

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