Noel Krauss "Traveled the world on a bug hunt."
Noel Krauss, Caroline's grand-uncle, died in 1996. His obituary in the Star-Bulletin read, "As the state's lead 'bug man,' Noel L. H. Krauss got to travel the world looking for insects. His mission: hunt up parasites and predators with which to conduct biological warfare against alien weeds, insects, and snails." The Honolulu Advertise r wrote, "His job was to be a pest to the pests of Hawaii." Today, tourism is the number 1 industry in Hawaii. A huge part of the reason for that is the climate. The soft trade winds and generally balmy temperatures, along with beaches galore, have attracted tourists for 100 years. Katelin developed her honors project here and titled it, "The Billion Dollar Beach: Assessing the Effectiveness of the Marine Life Conservation District at Waikiki." Unfortunately, many of the factors that attract people also attract pests, and over the years, plants and animals, diseases and pathogens have also in...