2019 09-10 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting Minutes – September 10, 2019 NP: Thank you Tony. Because the complexity of their survival has to do with the soil as well and herbicide can change that. TS: And the invasive grasses and plant stem alter the soil as well. You know, they’re not from here so they alter the soil as well, so... It’s kinda like... NP: Right. It’s a complex, delicate, survival issue – that’s a very good point – thank you so much Tony. All right. Moving right along. Our next speaker is Mark Crivello of 3C Goat Grazing – my talk to Parks and Rec’s Maurice Messina and he’s been using 3C Goat Grazing for land management and he considers Mark’s work with them to be 100 successful and they’re planning on the County level to reduce herbicide and pesticide use by 90% and explore alternatives like goat and sheep grazing. So on that – and also – I just wanted to mention that Maurice Messina will be coming to our next meeting to talk more about it. So there are plans for the future with it. All right, Mark, thank you so much for coming and just tell us what you have been doing – update us on what you’re doing. Mark Crivello of 3C Goat Grazing will be giving us an update on the eco- friendly use of goats and sheep for land management. MC: Thank you so much for having me here tonight – my name’s Mark Crivello with 3C Goat Grazing. With the County Parks and Rec we did hit a home run, thankfully, very, very positive results from the community and the County themselves. On that project – what we did – they don’t have to herbicide at all – that would actually be our herbicide free zone right there due to the animals grazing. Hopefully, we can get out there a little bit to do a little bit more g razing – it’s gonna help benefit with fire breaks, dropping herbicide use and even promoting better soils, due to the manure and... NP: Does it grow lichen – what were they called Tony? Mosses and lichen that make native species happy, yeah, soil structure. MC: I got to say I can’t answer on the mulches part – never did do the research on that of course cause the goats and sheep don’t eat that moss – but it will help promote better soils and help stabilize soils so we have less erosions – so I see this as being very beneficial for the State and Count purposes. NP: Right. There’s an erosion issue. Right. Cause goat and sheep will take it down but they won’t cause it to be bare like an herbicide because of bareness which might cause erosion. MC: Yes. NP: Is that what you’re saying? 20