2015-06-22 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting Minutes—June 22, 2015 you know, "we can only do certain small amounts," so the question was, "Well if you had the money today, would that be the plan?"And he said, "Yes." So has that changed? Is that what you're saying that Priority 1 and Priority 2 have changed from what we see on those maps right now? SC: I don't know which areas you're referring to — but I don't think the plan itself has changed — but— in terms of prioritizing but, but, you know, you're gonna start with the Priority 1 areas and they are identified in the plan. TL: And those are still the same Priority 1 and Priority 2 agendas —they're not agendas but the specifics of it are to remove all ungulates from Priority 1 and Priority 2. SC: Yeah, the goal is to take, you know, the most sensitive areas and also, I mean, the other piece of this is, is where do we need to fence in order to allow public hunting. And so that's the, you know, the Habitat Conservation Plan that Ryan referred to is an example of that is, is you're fencing out areas to protect endangered species so that management, maintenance of a managed area for game mammals doesn't harm the endangered species, so that's all included in the [not speaking in mic] in the plans. MB: So —this is Mark in Kona, Tom. Are we gonna — should we ask questions now to follow up on this? TL: Yes, please do. SC: Can I just... MB: Go ahead Susan... SC: I just want to say the other piece of this —we can get into details about plans and etcetera but the other piece of it is really about communication and collaboration. And so I want to set the stage right now for good communication and that's why we're here and I mean I personally am a believer in collaboration in problem solving in figuring out what exactly are the win-win opportunities. Where are the areas that there are, you know, very little disagreement on and, you know, what are the road blocks to moving forward on those and let's go ahead and tackle those. Let's have good dialogue going, let's get to know each other. And you asked, you know, what's the Governor's kind of approach to this and I would say as a general matter the Governor is very much interested in collaboration and bringing sides together that may sometimes devisive conversations. And I believe in that very much and I think that that's gonna be the best path forward and so I want to just emphasize that as a, you know, my personal 11