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tested in their environment what they – you know – of different species and the insect didn’t <br />seem to affect it. That doesn’t show what might happen in the field in reality when the food <br />source for the insect becomes lower – so the insect may go to other myrtles, which includes the <br />Ohia and there’s a lot of potential down side to introducing a non-native scale insect against <br />trees that include – in the family that has the Ohia. <br /> <br />AA: Excuse me, Mr. Singer? <br /> <br />SS: Yes… <br /> <br />AA: Could you wrap it up in about a minute and then we need to move on, sorry… <br /> <br />SS: Yeah, no problem. I think it’s important to come up with what you want – have a vision for the <br />final outcome before you decide how you’re gonna – just start killing stuff and then we’ll figure <br />out what we’re gonna plant later. I think you have to know what you’re gonna plant now before <br />you kill things – that’s my personal feeling and I think that the methods that are non-invasive to <br />private property that are respectful of the environment – of people’s personal environment – <br />are superior to what’s being proposed. So I hope you take that into consideration and oppose <br />the biocontrol part but continue to try to manage the environment – I have no objection to that <br />– I think that’s great – with methods that are not invasive like an invasive scale insect. Thank you <br />for the opportunity… <br /> <br />AA: Thank you, Mr. Singer… <br /> <br />SS: Sure, you bet… <br /> <br />AA: We’ll move on to – back to Mr. Simmons about his \[unclear\] issues… <br /> <br />PS: OK. Wow, well these are some really great comments – I hope you understand that we’re here <br />to learn – we’re here to try to figure things out and try to improve where we live and I didn’t <br />mention this but since this is the new topic – I was responsible for most of the forest land in <br />Kamehameha Schools portfolio. I was responsible for buying the Hamakua Sugar company, I was <br />responsible largely for planting the eucalyptus, I was… <br />AA: Sorry Mr. Simmons, we need to be moving on… <br /> <br />PS: ….OK. I’ll get there – and as part of my work – before I was with Kamehameha I was with <br />McCandless Ranch – we had a hunting program there – Steve Arrington was our hunter – when I <br />went to Kamehameha Schools I managed several hunting programs and I guess what I’m most <br />proud of it the one with the Kahauloa Hunting Club – I helped create that with Duane <br />Keanaaina. So I have some background in hunting and some appreciation for the people that <br />I’ve met in the hunting community – so that’s why I’m here… One of the names on the list there <br />is David Gross – David is a friend of mine and he – I’m a retired guy he focused my attention on <br />goat issues in Kona and Kohala and another friend also pointed out the issues – dead animals <br />and so forth and I said I would try to help – and I am not here as a government guy or an expert <br />but I’m here just as someone who respects hunting and believes in hunting and good <br />management of hunting game animals is something that we’ve been derelict at and the more I <br />studied it – you guys are more experts than me, obviously, the more sad I got about the state of <br />our animals and so I wrote a letter with the help of – well I talked to Mark Crivello about the <br />20 <br /> <br /> <br />