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		<title>Without These, We Could Not Survive (Video)&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pacific Island Ranger</dc:creator>
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		<title>A Belly Full of Fish (Video)</title>
		<link>http://pacificislandparks.com/2010/09/06/a-belly-full-of-fish/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pacific Island Ranger</dc:creator>
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		<title>Buffalo Soldiers, Volcanoes and You [Video]</title>
		<link>http://pacificislandparks.com/2010/09/05/buffalo-soldiers-volcanoes-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Sep 2010 10:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pacific Island Ranger</dc:creator>
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		<title>A Desert in the Middle of the Ocean</title>
		<link>http://pacificislandparks.com/2010/09/04/a-desert-in-the-middle-of-the-ocean/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 10:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pacific Island Ranger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lush tropical rainforests, beautiful flowers and colorful birds&#8230;that is the image many people have of the tropics. We usually equate high rainfall with tropical weather. But this is not always the case. Take for example the Kohala Coast of the Island of Hawai`i. Shielded by both Mauna Kea and the Kohala volcano, the area along [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pacificislandparks.com&amp;blog=7273860&amp;post=4153&amp;subd=pacificislandparks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fishing Samoan Style</title>
		<link>http://pacificislandparks.com/2010/09/03/fishing-samoan-style/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:27:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>islanderparkscience</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This summer I&#38;M had the honor of interviewing Mr. Lilio, a matai (chief) from Fagasa village in American Samoa. He is an authority on the only traditional atule (Selar crumenophthalmus) harvest still practiced on Tutuila Island today. Other villages in the Manuʻa Island group of American Samoa use a similar strategy. The entire village participates in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pacificislandparks.com&amp;blog=7273860&amp;post=4155&amp;subd=pacificislandparks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Experience the Real Hawaii! (Video)</title>
		<link>http://pacificislandparks.com/2010/09/03/experience-the-real-hawaii-video/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:01:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pacific Island Ranger</dc:creator>
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		<title>Kilauea Volcano&#8217;s Far-Away Sister</title>
		<link>http://pacificislandparks.com/2010/09/03/kilauea-volcanos-far-away-sister/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pacific Island Ranger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Join Hawaii Volcanoes National Park for the next &#8220;After Dark in the Park&#8221; program on September 7, 2010 from 7:00pm-8:30pm. Professor Alain Gerente is one of the world&#8217;s most talented videographers. Dozens of his volcanic eruption documentaries are well known to French-speaking audiences. On September 7, he presents his latest, a one hour movie paying [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pacificislandparks.com&amp;blog=7273860&amp;post=4140&amp;subd=pacificislandparks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hawaii&#8217;s Drought Continues</title>
		<link>http://pacificislandparks.com/2010/09/02/hawaiis-drought-continues/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Areas in Hawaii continue to experience the worst drought conditions in the United States. Specifically in the Big Island districts of South Kohala and Ka`u, drought conditions remain &#8220;Exceptional&#8221;&#8230;the highest severity level. At Pu`ukohola Heiau National Historic Site in the South Kohala District, only 1.5 inches of rain has fallen all 2010! In comparison, Death Valley, California, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pacificislandparks.com&amp;blog=7273860&amp;post=3843&amp;subd=pacificislandparks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>VJ Day: 65 Years Later</title>
		<link>http://pacificislandparks.com/2010/09/02/vj-day-65-years-later/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:41:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the morning of 2 September 1945, the Allied and Japanese delegations met aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay for the formal signing of the surrender documents that ended the worst war mankind had ever faced. After finishing an eloquent introductory statement, General MacArthur directed the representatives of Japan to sign the two instruments [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pacificislandparks.com&amp;blog=7273860&amp;post=4148&amp;subd=pacificislandparks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>National Parks Tackle Climate Change!</title>
		<link>http://pacificislandparks.com/2010/09/02/national-park-system-tackles-climate-change-from-ground-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:01:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Washington — A few years ago, Zion National Park sold more than 60,000 plastic bottles of water annually to thirsty visitors. Most emptied bottles landed in trash bins and some littered trails in the pristine park. Today, visitors must bring their own bottles or buy reusable steel bottles at the visitor center and fill them [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pacificislandparks.com&amp;blog=7273860&amp;post=4113&amp;subd=pacificislandparks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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