Kawainui Marsh restoration will be completed in weeks

Department of Land and Natural Resources Director William Aila, left, Jennifer Wooton (representing then-U.S. Sen. Daniel K. Ino­uye), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Lt. Col. Douglas Guttormsen and Division of Forestry and Wildlife administrator Paul Conry used traditional Hawaii oo digging sticks for the groundbreaking ceremony held June 28.