Thanks for this great piece Curt and for your tremendous work at the DLNR. Jeff and I got engaged in Kalalau Valley about 25 years ago but we don't go back these days--the valley has been trashed and is so overcrowded it's become anathema to the very reason one would go on a nature hike. It's true that we can't fault people for wanting to live off the grid but they cannot be allowed to do so if their actions result in the destruction of a precious natural public resource, which we must work harder to protect now that visitor and kamaaina populations are larger than ever before. We fully support more DLNR presence there as caring and capable stewards of the land.