2021-06-15 Game Management Advisory Commission Mintues

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DLNR lease from the bottom of the forest reserve down to the highway. We have access language in the lease to allow us to work with the lessee to establish an access, so the yellow line you see on the ground is something our staff went out and work with lessee on identifying a route that can get us to the forest reserve. Stanley- Did you... Steven Bergfeld — Let me finish Stanley and then I'll take your question, I may be able to answer some of them. So, the route still needs to be surveyed and recorded with the lease. We got a lot of overgrowth and iron wood and stuff we got to clear, and we working on trying to schedule heavy equipment to go up there, hopefully this fall. The lessee has requested that we fence the route on both sides and to keep people on the corridor and reduce the interaction with the cattle that they have up there. We need to find funds for that. They are also concern with their cattle getting out on the highway, and being liable for that and we got to work out a cattle guard and gate or a double gate system or something with them, so they are comfortable. But that access is not open yet. Go ahead Stanley... Stanley — Exactly where is this place on the Hamakua Coast? Steven Bergfeld — You know where by the 33 mile marker, when you driving towards Pa'auilo, get the avocado tree, on the mauka side and get the double bridge. Stanley — O'okala trail, Cardoza trail? Steven Bergfeld - Right side of the map, this yellow line is a mile west of that new bridge that they put in. Stanley — Actually on the Paauilo side of the new bridge. Steven Bergfeld- Yes Stanley — And that actually goes up all the way to Umi Koa or whatever like that? Steven Bergfeld — Umi Koa is mauka of Kukai'au Section of the Hamakua Forest Reserve ... and it is also east, the main part of Umi Koa is east of that. Stanley — I'm not so familiar with the names 5