2020-02-11 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting Minutes – February 11, 2020 JO: State Health Department... TA: Yeah, the Health Department - it’s the agriculture one over there... TA: Excuse me – would Vector Control – this is Teresa District 8 – would Vector Control be a part of that and not Department of Health. JO: That sounds like the correct one. TA: I think it’s Vector Control – county - is who we need to get in touch with and ask what methods they’re using to control fire ants because they put out fires for fire ants – vector control. AA: Abraham – District 5. That’s county parks, ah? TA: Yeah, I know county parks are control of it but they hire someone else on the side. AA: Yeah, we’d have to call county parks and go down and see who actually is doing the dispersion of the treatment. TA: Yeah, OK. AA: So that’s what we can do as just of right now – we just taking down notes of you guys’ complaints and whatever and then we move forward and we encourage you guys for come back. TA: And then the other thing was the shower – like I just see... AA: Yeah, the shower... TA: Nowadays there’s a school... AA: You’re actually right about, you know, you guys getting more people because of the lava and I take my family down to Keaukaha nowadays and a lot of the parks over there is infested with fire ants. TA: Yes, yes... AA: We stay hanging out underneath the trees and we getting rained on by fire ants so – but – yeah – it’s pretty bad but it’s like how much can the county or the state do – it’s an invasive species so right now that’s like their only way – I understand what you’re saying – polluting the water and the fish... TA: Yeah... 4