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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - January 28, 2008 :

U.S. Department of Energy and State of Hawaii Sign Agreement to Increase Clean Energy Technologies in Hawaii.

For more information about the MOU click on this link: http://www.eere.energy.gov/pdfs/hawaii_mou.pdf

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

NEW SPRAYERS ARRIVE FOR COMMUNITY SPRAYER LOAN PROGRAM

October 5, 2007

Contact Form: Skylark Rossetti

Hawaii Island Economic Development Board

sky at hiedb.org (808) 935-2180

HILO, Hawaii- The Hawaii Island Economic Development Board has taken delivery of four new 200-gallon trailer tank sprayers to be used in the fight against Coqui frogs. The four sprayers will be added to the existing twenty-eight sprayers in the Community Sprayer Loan Program owned by the County of Hawaii, USDA and the State Department of Agriculture. The sprayers are staged island-wide and are loaned free of charge to community members to fight Coqui frogs. The trailer tank sprayers are well suited for the spraying of citric acid for frog control.To make a reservation for a sprayer, call the USDA-Wildlife Services at 933-6955. Ask about free citric acid when making your reservation. The Hawaii Island Economic Development Board Coqui Project is funded by a grant from the Pacific International Center for High Technology Research (PICHTR).