HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – A one-year ban is now in effect on all shipments of plants, gravel and other gardening materials to Molokai.
It comes after the state board of the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity (DAB) on Tuesday approved a community-led petition to keep the last island free from the invasive coconut rhinoceros beetle (CRB).
As the CRB devastates palms and farms across the state, Molokai residents and their supporters say the ban is needed, after state efforts failed to contain the spread of the beetles…