2015-04-20 Game Management Advisory Commission Mintues

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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting Minutes—April 20, 2015 environmental council has the rule making authority over Hawaii Administrative Rules 11-200, which are the rules and regulations about for instance, the exemption, how the exemption process works and all of that — and what the environmental council does with the exemption list that each department has — is they review the exemption list and concur with the agency's decision on its exemption list. And in fact, there's actually right now the environmental council — I think they just opened a comment period. DLNR has gone through a process of trying to consolidate all of the exemption that's from the different divisions and the different programs into one department-wide exemption list and I believe the comment period on that is currently open to the environmental council. So I just wanted to make that clarification that it is really not an elected body. An appointed body... NA: Sorry if I misspoke... IDP: No, 1, you know, I just wanted to make sure that we understood. WC: So who in DOFAW allows or gives the OK to fence more fence in the forest reserves? You know, outside of NABS? Whose decision is that? NA: On the district level it'll be the forestry management—there currently is— there isn't one — Steve Bergfeld used to be the Forestry Manager and he is now our branch manager. I think there are several — nobody operates in a vacuum by any means — if something is proposed it goes in house and it's given —there's an opportunity for comment by all the different sections and ultimately it comes down to whomever is proposing to do that work. And then it'll go up through the branch manager—goes up the chain. Eventually, it's got to get approved by the chairman and the board. TL When you start looking at some of this fencing stuff—when do you start looking at trying to use federal funds to do it? NA: The only project that I can think of on, right now that has federal funds involved in it—would be the replacement of the Mauna Kea Forest Reserve fence. TL: Is that Pittman-Robertson? NA: Honestly, I couldn't tell you, From the Natural Area Reserve standpoint— all of our funding comes from the NARS and the capitol improvement budget, which is that Rain Follows the Forest initiative. DY: I have another kind of general question. So Nicholas, can you tell me if there is in DLNR — is there a — like a coordinating body that takes a more