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We are at Marine Corps Base , Hawaii

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and we are in the wedge . So water

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colony and we are banning these

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seabirds in order to study uh factors

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relating to fall out fallout

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is loosely defined as when seabirds

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take off from their colony . From the

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first time , sometimes they'll get

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disoriented by lights , um causing them

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to get really distracted , um and also

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exhausted from kind of flying in

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circles . And so that will cause them

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to become grounded . And once they're

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grounded , they're really vulnerable to

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car strikes , potentially predation by

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cats , dogs , mongoose . Um And it can

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often be fatal . So the environmental

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compliance and protection division is

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out here on Marine Corps Base , Hawaii

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Shoreline today . Uh It's a great

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feeling we get to come out here and

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protect resources . The birds that we

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have here are in a , in a special place .

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You know , we are stewards of this land

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and we have to protect those birds so

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the marines can continue to train here .

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So we live side by side with these

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animals . So we're partnering with the

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University of Hawaii today . They have

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a team of experts out here to help us .

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Uh under a permit to do this . And it's

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a fantastic relationship because you

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have the university with their experts

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out here who have extensive knowledge ,

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aiding us in this process . So the

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partnership allows the base to be a lot

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more successful than it could be on its

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own love , the opportunity to be able

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to collaborate with researchers um And

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their research helps managers like

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myself across the islands solve

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problems . Environmental is uh made up

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of a lot of good folks , good teams on

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the compliance and the conservation

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side dedicated to protecting the Marine

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Corps resources . And uh I feel that

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the work there really feeds in all ,

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all of the four PS set out by MC BH to

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project power , produce readiness ,

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promote resiliency and of course ,

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protect resources . So it's really

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excellent to have such a good team

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dedicated to the base mission .