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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting <br />Minutes – January 14, 2020 <br /> <br />MRH: So here’s the new management practice that I’m working the DHHL – to leave <br />the animals on the land. We call it the the Take Kipuka Method. Meaning we <br />take a small enclosure 15-20 feet and we fence that and plant in it. At the <br />same time the animals are allowed to browse and keep the grasses back – <br />because over on their side we have kikuyu grass and kikuyu grass is a very <br />bad fire hazard if it is allowed to grow. It overlaps each other and overlaps <br />and then the stuff underneath dies and if a fire starts it really gets started and <br />roaring. So with working with the DHHL we’re gonna do small little enclosures <br />– plant in that – that’s the way the natural forest grows on the lava flow. So <br />then we can still have both worlds. <br /> <br />?: Yeah. <br /> <br />MRH: The animals, the cows, the sheep and the pigs. <br /> <br />NP: We also... <br /> <br />SM: So, so, Stanley, you guys going take care of planting on Hawaiian Homes <br />Lands.... <br /> <br />MRH: Yes. <br /> <br />SM: And the animals there... <br /> <br />MRH: Will be staying... <br /> <br />SM: Will we be allowed to hunt on Hawaiian Homes Land? No? <br /> <br />MRH: No. <br /> <br />SM: No? So yeah we going get gather then. <br /> <br />MRH: Well, you know, what I’m trying to explain to you is I’m showing an example of <br />how, how we can do that on their side – maybe we can get DOFAW to do it <br />on their side too... <br /> <br />SM: Why not do ‘em on Mauna Kea? <br /> <br />MRH: ....and on open range lands. <br /> <br />SM: Why not do ‘em on Mauna Kea? <br /> <br />MRH: Why not do ‘em because they already fenced the mountain. The money was <br />spent. Federal funding was taken. <br /> <br />25 <br /> <br /> <br />