2021-07-20 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes (2)

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County or State did some cutting of the Ironwood trees or whatever. It’s whatever you feel. Leomana – I’ve got a lot to report. Abraham - Whatever is happening in your district you can make a report on, it doesn’t only have to do with hunting, remember now, we not only take care of hunters, we take care of hunters, fisherman gatherers, anybody who uses our Forrest and resources. That goes also for Courtney, George, Kean, Grayson, Brian, and Stanley, this comes under commissioner’s report. Leomana – All right, thank you for that. Getting to that Ironwood trees. We have our property down Onekahakaha Beach, which 3 acres is actually fishpond. I did my research over the past 3 years that is the only big pond of its size that is accessible to the ocean wildlife, in Keaukaha, every pond down there was either blocked off, or personally owned. One of the projects I’m in charge of is, I’m trying to get all of the invasive killing all the Ironwood trees, and taking them down in the area. Because their rooting system somehow disrupt our water system, and start to promote this limu growth which chokes up all the food for the native fish. So that is a project for me and two of my friends, in trying to I guest to regenerate the natural wildlife. We have so much Micronesian coming into our property and just fishing all the fish and the turtle out of our ponds. This is one of the things we are trying to combat and bring the wildlife back. Another one is this past two week, I’ve been going down Waiuli Beach Park every chance I get, trying to get the tourist and or new community people who live in the community come down and disrupt the turtles, all the wildlife that comes up the beach over there. So I’ve been counting an average of about 5 turtles, right in front of Waiuli pond. Every day I see about, every time I past I count about 20 people over there, kind of, not disrupting the animals, but just going into the area where they come to sleep on top of the rocks and I’ve being paying attention to that and taking notes. Just today by Waiuli Beach for some reason the water is all green down the coast to Leleiwi. I’ve been trying to look at that as well. Anyway, that is what I have to report so far. Mahalo Abraham – Right on, Thanks Leomana. Courtney you got any district report. 29