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JBF: Then we wouldn’t have that particular contrast. <br /> <br />AA: Thank you. <br /> <br />JBF: You know, so one thing that I’m – and I didn’t bring it out for this – I’ve got a couple <br />maps on Oahu that show pig density and watershed recharge in the Koolaus. And what <br />was really interesting to those maps is that most of the pig density on Oahu is in the <br />foothills – the Koolaus – not way back up in the valleys. But most of the watershed <br />recharge is way back up in the back of the valleys and what that indicated to me is it <br />indicates there are some areas that are going to be better managed for hunting, some <br />areas should be managed for watershed recharge. I don’t know how that shakes out on <br />Hawai’i Island and I think people are still trying to do those kind of maps for Hawai’i <br />Island but that’s how I see a way forward could be. <br /> <br />KU: This is Kean – District 2. This question is for you Mr. Friday. You know you just said <br />management – here’s the biggest problem – we don’t have any game management <br />program here in our state – so from what you’re saying – maybe you can bring that up <br />and maybe we can start a game management program. And that would be big for Rapid <br />Ohia Death and the palila bird, I mean… <br /> <br />AA: And everything else… <br /> <br />KU: That’s what we’ve preached all these years, you know, get a game management system <br />so, you know, we can maybe stop Rapid Ohia Death or, have the palila bird get back into <br />population – but I think that’s something that maybe you just said, a management… <br /> <br />AA: Is there some way that – Abraham – District 5 – is there some way that the university <br />would actually come in and support to make a game management? <br /> <br />JBF: What I could see – what we are doing and so we have exactly one professor of wildlife <br />at the whole University of Hawai’i system. For every game and native beast, creature, <br />whatever – so there’s one professor of wildlife – she is working on doing maps of game <br />density to help inform some of these decisions of where you’re going prioritize game <br />density of that. I would be happy to share with you some other work or she might be <br />able to address this commission too. <br /> <br />AA: Yeah, maybe you can contact Barbara later on and share her information with Barbara <br />and then we can contact her and to bring her to one of our meetings. <br /> <br />JBF: Yeah, that would be great. I will do that… I’ll copy you and Barbara on it with her <br />information if she wanted to talk about that… <br /> <br />AA: Yeah, OK… <br /> <br />23 <br /> <br /> <br />