Runoff Killing Coral, Urchins, More Off Kohala Coast
February 25, 2007 @ 11:27 AM (EST)
Source: Honoluluadvertiser.com/
State officials are investigating who's responsible for Big Island runoff that killed coral, urchins, mollusks and other marine life off the Kohala Coast.
The debris - which includes corrugated roofing, hand-cut trees and green waste - is more than a foot deep in some places and extends for a three-mile stretch from Honokoa Gulch to Pohakuloa Gulch.
"It's a mess," said William Walsh, an aquatic biologist for the state Department of Land and Natural Resources Division of Aquatic Resources...
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