2015-04-20 Game Management Advisory Commission Mintues

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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting Minutes—April 20, 2015 Management Plan and that includes not just Natural Area Reserves that includes some forest reserves, some private land. There are currently four thousand acres— I think it's a little more than that—4800 in Puu Makaala Natural Area Reserve that is on the books. Laupahoehoe, as Willie-Joe is on the Laupahoehoe Advisory Committee —that nothing has been approved yet but there is proposed fencing in there. I think it's over 2,000 but I don't think it's over 3,000. But I do want to clarify a couple of things so that I am clear. I don't think we've hit the 20% threshold of DOFAW lands on this island because there's more fencing in Natural Area Reserves than there is in Forest Reserves and we haven't even hit 20% in the Natural Area Reserves —even with the proposed fencing that I just mentioned. In addition to that—there is a boundary fence along Ocean View and along or that goes down below the mac nut orchards, which will in essence put a fence along the entire boundary of Manuka. There are no current plans for any animal control. That is more to address our encroachment issues cause we have over 20 encroachments, where people are building houses and various other kinds of, you know, anything from driveways to watersheds, rain sheds and houses in a Natural Area Reserve, basically in public land. Does that help to answer your question? MB: So that's a yeah, I've got, anywhere from twelve to thirteen thousand acres that are on the books to be fenced. NA: Correct. MB: In addition to the 120. And that's all you know of? So is Manuka going to get fenced? NA: Yes, I just mentioned that is a perimeter fence and it has three segments. One that goes down along Road to the Sea, of which we have several encroachments, so that fence does a couple of things. From your guys — from a lot of people's perspective it's there for animal control. While that is —that may very well be part of the goal —the goal is to stop the encroachments because we have well over 166 neighbors along the Manuka Natural Area Reserve and we have several encroachments on that. Manuka is 25,500 acres. I know Lisa Hadway made a presentation to you folks, I don't know, maybe even more than a year ago by now, but she had more very specific maps for you folks with more acreage or very detailed acreage and detailed maps and percentages and I don't want to go against anything that she said — I'm trying to go off of memory here and let you guys know what has already been approved. WC: So that Kohala —you said 6,000 acres—why does that include outside of the NARS spectrum — I mean you were saying some is in forest reserve? 16