2019 09-10 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting Minutes – September 10, 2019 TN: That target area..Would you consider it? ?: If it works and it accomplishes the same goal – we’d consider anything. NP: Who makes the decisions, ultimately on this? ?: Well, I would... NP: You have the power to make these decisions. TN: So would you consider trying and experimenting with other alternative use. ?: Yeah, I just would like more details on what you’re proposing. KS: We probably would do a literature review as well, cause I’m sure this type of stuff has been tested before. So we would, I mean, could we test it again, maybe, but, I mean, like Steve was saying – a little more details from you guys but at the same time we would do a literature review ourselves of what has been published in peer reviews – scientific papers about this type of action TN: I’m just a homemaker and I make my own herbicides using vinegar, water and Clorax solution and they kill my weeds but, of course, I don’t have the expenses that you have so, I’m not a scientist I just know what works so the little weeds I used to have I no longer have, but, you know, they keep growing back anyway so... It’s what I apply every 3 months, but, you know, it’s something that is on the Internet and it works, but, you may have a different approach because of regulations though. I was just wondering if you could experiment. Thanks. NP: I do have a comment from the public that was sent in to me via email from Richard Hoeflinger – as far as the firebreak expansion activities – he says he hopes it won’t occur during the fall game bird hunting season or the spring turkey hunting season, which occur in November thru January and March thru mid-April respectively. He said, um, Mauna Kea fall season bird hunters have only 50 days of hunting opportunity – half that available to their mainland counterparts. The spring turkey season is 45 days in length – it would be unfortunate to have that limited hunting opportunity further diminished by brush control activities. I bring this matter up because of past hunting interruption activities. I recall planned aerial eradication flights during a past spring turkey season and last year my turkey hunt in Kaohe Restoration Area was interrupted by a convoy of vans transporting tree planters. Such interference is a result of poor planning or no planning. It is hoped DLNR will do a better job of coordinating mutually interfering activities such as large 7