10 WHO MADE A DIFFERENCE: Sierra Club of Hawaii Director Jeff Mikulina, shown at the conservation district on Kauai's Polihale Beach, calls the Legacy Lands Act taxing high-end real estate sales to fund management of natural areas "far and away ... the most significant accomplishment (in 2005) for Hawaii's environment."
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