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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting <br />Minutes – September 10, 2019 <br />?: So basically we could go and some way and how we could go and <br />reinvestigate this whole palila thing which probably might not happen in my <br />lifetime because I think I’m the youngest one – no maybe George – right? <br />And maybe we can go and re-sheep back in there and maybe control all our <br />problems because we get researchers from Richard that you guys work with <br />him and stuff like that and say the sheep is a valued resource not only to the <br />hunters and the land but also to the palila bird cause I read ‘em – is like they <br />take the wool and then they make the nest – keeps the eggs warmer and you <br />know, so... Somehow, some way maybe you guys can go and re-look at that <br />or something. <br /> <br />SB: That would be a very... <br /> <br />?: A wonderful thing? <br /> <br />KS: A reversal of a federal court order so it would take a lot. <br /> <br />?: Maybe we can find some scientist out there somewhere that could re-look at it <br />and then re-evaluate the whole thing. <br /> <br />GD: Donev – District 5. Just a quick question. I was wondering if you may be able <br />to look into any types of like specific genetic targeting pesticides if using <br />pesticide is determined to be the solution needed although mowing sounds <br />like a good alternative but I thought I’d bring this up anyway. I know that in <br />some certain rainforests specific pesticides are used on ginger to control it <br />and it can only impact certain species of ginger, um, because of the way it <br />targets the genes, um, if I’m not mistaken I don’t think there’s any mono-cods <br />\[sp?\] plants that are native to this Island – I could be wrong about that – but <br />maybe there’s something like that for grasses that are mono-cods that could <br />control. I’m not sure. <br /> <br />SB: They have grass specific herbicides so if there’s areas where it’s just grass <br />then that’s what we would use to target those grasses. <br /> <br />TN: Kanalu – the program that allows you folks to mow – is this the protection of <br />the palila bird funding. <br /> <br />KS: We use some of that funding for that but we also use Pittman-Robertson <br />Game Grant monies for that so PR – it’s a federal grant and we also use <br />some Wildlife Revolving Funds for it as well. <br /> <br />TN: So the guidelines would allow you to use other alternatives like sheep? <br /> <br />KS: Probably not but, I’m not sure. But I mean that area is a palila core critical <br />habitat where we’re not allowed to have sheep so... And by a federal court <br />order so and if we’re using federal monies then no... <br />10 <br /> <br /> <br />