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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting <br />Minutes – September 10, 2019 <br />KS: There’s a lot – iliahi yes. I don’t think we’re doing maua and kawila or <br />anything like that on the mountain but iliahi, yes... <br /> <br />TN: Is there any, gosh, it eludes me, I’m sorry. When it comes back to me I’ll ask <br />you... <br /> <br />NP: Well, the point is is that at one time the sheep were unmanaged and their <br />populations – because they were unmanaged and the hunters weren’t <br />allowed to hunt as much as the population and they did get way out of control <br />and they did – at one point – ravage the whole mountain – but it was because <br />they’re weren’t managed and so, that’s the whole point, I mean, for the sheep <br />to be so incriminated because they weren’t properly managed at one time to <br />this day seems extreme punishment for all interest groups so, not – that’s just <br />a comment on the mandate – not on you guys, of course, yeah, so – to be <br />noted – to be fair – that needs to be taken into consideration, I feel... All right <br />if there’s any other questions. <br /> <br />? One last one just to kinda break the ice – so if the sheep and stuff is the main <br />problem – can we look into like – because now I seeing more and more <br />llamas – maybe we can introduce another type of grazer. <br /> <br />NP: The mandate is not against malama... <br /> <br />?: Maybe we can release some alpacas or something – just to break the ice, you <br />know, maybe there’s something else – some other – that’s another resource, <br />right... <br /> <br />NP: That’s a great idea. <br /> <br />?: Yeah, you learn the sheep is problem is look for another doing game <br />management. Thank you. <br /> <br />NP: I have just one more thing I wanted to say. So you’re trying to use herbicide, <br />glyphosate Garlon at a minimal, um, according to your interpretation of <br />minimal but, yet, there – herbicides are being used along the fences – <br />correct? To keep the grasses down on the fences. I’m just saying that <br />herbicides are being used for other purposes on the mountain besides fire <br />breaks such as around plantings or? Are they not? <br /> <br />SB: We don’t use too much herbicides - the only other thing that we would be <br />using herbicides up here is to help control the fountain grass that’s spreading <br />in the area. <br /> <br />NP: I’m just saying that herbicides are a tool that is being used for multiple <br />purposes on the mountain. True? Not true? <br /> <br />13 <br /> <br /> <br />