2015-04-20 Game Management Advisory Commission Mintues

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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting Minutes—April 20, 2015 expansive view of what DLNR does, like, looks at Aquatics and Forestry and see that everything is kinda going to a director or is that the duty of the board or chair? NA: Yeah. Most of the sections and when I speak of sections of Division of Forestry and Wildlife—there's a Wildlife Na Ala Hele; NARS and Forestry. Anything that goes from a section is then looked over by the branch manager and then on up. I don't think there's a single committee so to speak that looks at— is this project taking into consideration all the different mandates of DLNR. TL: In the Rain Follows the Forest, all this fencing that may or may not get done in the near term, far term or whatever— but essentially it looks like and if I understand Lisa correctly—you folks are administering that program, right, at NARS? NA: No that is a DLNR-wide or a Division of Forestry and Wildlife and Watershed partnership initiative. The moneys go out to the different watershed partnerships — public or private —and DOFAW in general. But, not just NARS, no. I'll give you quick example— like the cattle fence that's at the top of Hilo Forest Reserve. That's being paid for by Watershed CIP funds. And all they're trying to do is just get the cattle out of the forest. TL: Right. No, I was referring to the Priority One, Priority Two issues primarily. And on those Priority One and Priority Two issues - that essentially is turning that—those areas into a NARS —are they not? Essentially. Not a NAR in name even, but, they're being treated as a NARS, right? NA: I guess it depends on your perspective, I mean, the forest reserves have a mandate to protest watershed areas. That's why they were started. But, you know, from a hunter's perspective —yeah, they might look at that as— all right, well there's no game in it—you're essentially calling it a NAR. TL: Well fence and eradicate would be sort of that same perspective. That's basically is what we're looking at and the public doesn't have much input and this water—and I'm not trying to lay this on you — but this whole watershed thing here is really way out of context over what's really necessary. NA: I want to just mention to all the public members here in the commission — a lot of the questions you asked are my own personal opinions. I do the best I can to speak of what I know of the divisions initiatives and ideas and [unclear] but try not to quote me on a lot of that stuff because I don't want to speak for Lisa or for Steve, but if you guys have further 19