All areas to be cleared were grown over fith coconut palm trees and s~ll~r bush like trees. The wide spread roots and large boles of the palms mde it neces-~ to hit them as high as the dozer blade could reach to loosen the roots so the trees could be pushed over. Lacking smaller tractors to snake the uprooted trees out of the way it was necessary to push thereacross the island with dozers. The palms and the smeller trees collected large quantities of the fine dirt in this process increasing the dust and aggravating the subsequent grading operation. Prior to grading the area was a series of cratere where palms