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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting
<br />Minutes – October 24, 2016
<br />TN: You can make it available...
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<br />TL: Yeah, we also have it so we can forward that to her...
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<br />EC: Yeah...
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<br />TL: But she brings up a good point, I think, in that a lot of this stuff – if it is put,
<br />you know, out in the open, if it is put in a, um, on your website, you know,
<br />it makes it much easier for people who become aware of it to be able to
<br />say, hey, you know, we can access it, you know, through the website and
<br />so forth and, um, what Barbara also brought up on this notification is that
<br />we generally are the last to know, ah, over here on anything, um, that’s
<br />going on, and, um, the communication process between possibly Fish &
<br />Wildlife Service and DLNR in many cases, ah, doesn’t really get to us in a
<br />timely manner nor an efficient manner, um, to where the people who, you
<br />know, would be most interested are able to get it. So that, that is
<br />something she brought up that I think is hopeful – something that can be
<br />worked on and...
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<br />EC: I think that’s appropriate.
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<br />TL: Yeah.
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<br />EC: I think the key things is when we do outreach, you know, we’ll include you
<br />on the outreach \[unclear\] and...
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<br />PC: Yeah, oh, I was told that the West Hawaii Today had picked up the story
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<br />on our meetings in March on February 25 – so – and the, the news
<br />release about that was sent to all the news outlets, um, of course, before
<br />that so that they would – they could pick it up, so...
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<br />NP: Excuse me. Um, I think the core of the problem is, is that, um, Dr.
<br />Campbell – as you were explaining the NEPA process, um, you made a
<br />statement, um, ah, what U.S. Fish & Wildlife, ah, their informing the public
<br />on what they’re planning on doing – right there it gives you that feeling
<br />like – the plan is already there – they’re just telling us – you’re just telling
<br />us what you’re gonna do. Not that there’s an opportunity for the plan to
<br />be changed due to public sentiment or feeling or opinion. So I think that’s
<br />the core of the feeling of the communication problem is that even if
<br />communication is perfected – is there hope that the public will be heard
<br />and can the plans be changed.
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<br />EC: Nani, I think you make a really good, good point and that’s one of the
<br />reasons we had the outreach, um, and I think the comments that we got
<br />broadly, um, show a wide range of appropriate concerns dealing with,
<br />you know, what are non-target risks – what are risks to game – what are
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