2021-12-14 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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that are completely taken over by the waiwi – I doubt that we’re gonna get back to a natural forest right now what we have is kinda for all intents and purposes for any use that you could name it isn’t anything – it doesn’t serve any environmental purpose – it doesn’t serve any human purpose and those cases that’s mostly private landowners – and that should be – that landowner – particularly there’s a lot of this land also that’s in Ag zoning – if we can manage the waiwi it could turn that land back – you have a feasible way to turn the land back into agriculture - what was intended to be in the first place - and serve some purpose for the landowner that’s there and create the foods that we need and create jobs so it is a complex answer because there are so many different circumstances that \[unclear\] what is on the ground right now – who owns the ground – what is the zoning – what are the wishes of the owner and what are the biologically possible with what’s there now – but also within – what’s from you folks and other groups like you guys where people can beat their own particular goals – maybe not to the extent they want to – but a lot can be accomplished that isn’t being accomplished today, I believe. AA: OK. Thanks, Mr. Bryan… OK, Abraham – District 5. First question again – what legislative bill is that that you’re talking about, Mr. Bryan? Do you have that on hand? DB: No, no, I’m sorry, I don’t have a bill in mind. I’m sorry, I… AA: OK. Can you get the bill to me…? PS: I’m not sure what you’re speaking about… AA: \[Unclear\] there’s got to be some kind of bill that he’s getting his information from – that’s what I’m asking… DB: I don’t know – there’s no bill in motion that has anything to do with this – I don’t know anything about it. AA: Well, according to you it’s not in motion but it’s something that should be filed or something – so if you can’t prove me a bill or some kind of legislative history than you just basically, sorry to say – but you just basically wasted an hour of our time – just by a simple question as that. DB: I don’t think we’re ready to write a proposed bill until we heard… AA: Sorry Mr. Bryan – Abraham – District 5 – so you was talking about the bill like there was something already in effect – is what I’m getting at – there was… DB: I’m sorry there was a misunderstanding – that certainly would be a useful thing to do, I suppose, at some point – that would be one avenue but I should think we get a lot more input from groups like this one on what people’s interests and concerns are before we start to draft legislation – I think that’s premature. But we could get people thinking… AA: Abraham – District 5 – I guess I see the miscommunication cause you was communicating this whole time that there was something that you was going off of and something that was already in place… 13