Island Images




Thursday, May 8, 1997

Ready for snake invaders

By Ken Ige, Star-Bulletin

Matthew Burt of Army Environmental Affairs sets one of 100
snake traps in Central Oahu yesterday, part of a joint effort
to train against brown tree snakes. Below, Owen Abad of
Hickam's pest management section sets his trap. "Stowaway"
snakes from Guam have been intercepted seven times, says
Mike Wilson, state land department head, adding that an
invasion here would "forever change" Hawaii.