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Hawaii
Forest & Trail: In The News
The Santa Barbara Independent:
The Big Island of Hawaii's Kohala Coast By
Matt Kettmann, January 3, 2007 The next day, I found myself
riding shotgun in a bus driven by Bob Fewell, a tour guide
for Hawai‘i Forest and Trail, the concessionaires of choice
for the KCRA. Sitting behind me were tourists from Southern
California, Kentucky, and Toronto, all eager to embark on
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HAWAII FOREST & TRAIL
NAMED 2006 ECOTOUR OPERATOR OF THE YEAR FOR HAWAII March
27, 2006 KAILUA-KONA, HAWAII - Hawaii Forest & Trail, a
nature adventure tour company based in Kailua-Kona on Hawaii's
Big Island, has been named the recipient of the 2006 Ecotour
Operator of the Year Award from the Hawaii Ecotourism Association.
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Los Angeles Times:
Hawaii's birds of paradise Yet another good reason to fly
away to the 50th state by Constance Hale Mar 5, 2006 (Copyright
(c) 2006 Los Angeles Times) "PALILA!" Rob Pacheco cried
out in a voice most people reserve for "Hallelujah!" He
slammed his giant, teal-colored truck to a halt on a gutted
dirt road, 9,000 feet up the slopes of Mauna Kea on Hawaii's
Big Island. Click
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Dallas Morning News:
On the Big Island, even the moon looms larger By TIMOTHY
NOLAN / Special Contributor to The Dallas Morning News April
23, 2006 BIG ISLAND OF HAWAII, Hawaii - Sitting in the shadow
of a palm tree, we wait for the van that will take us to
the crest of Mauna Kea, at 13,796 feet the tallest mountain
in the Hawaiian Islands. Or the tallest in the world, if
you consider that from the sea floor to the summit, Mauna
Kea rises just over 500 feet higher than Mount Everest.
Big Islanders don't hesitate to make this point. Click
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Sydney Morning Herald:
Big is beautiful By Tom Wald, March 1, 2006 The appeal of
Hawaii's Big Island ranges from beachside relaxation to
watching the dramatic forces of nature in action. There
are stopovers, and then there are stopovers. Choosing Hawaii
as a secondary holiday destination is a bit like skipping
the main course to get to dessert - just plain indulgent.
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San Francisco Chronicle:
Bird watching on the Big Island: Tourism on a wing and a
prayer By Carolyn Zinko, March 12, 2006 We were about to
enter the realm of the gods -- what Hawaiians call the wao
akua -- and our guide thought it best that we bow our heads
and ask permission first. It wasn't Pele, the fire goddess,
that we were hoping to see. It was something much more benign,
but nearly as elusive: the akiapola'au, a tiny yellow-green
honeycreeper with a curved bill used to pry grubs from wood.
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