2022_08_16 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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contractors. The middle road from Kaohe Homestead provides access to the 5- acre clearing or former geothermal drill site – this area is easy for community to enter but heavily invaded and the terrain outside of the road is extremely hazardous. There is also a locked gate requiring a formal request for the gate key and liability waivers to be signed before access can be granted. There is a pedestrian entrance for day hikers and hunters that you can just walk through. The last access is through a DLNR parcel on the Upper Puna Road which puts us very near to Puu Heiheiahulu for management purposes. We strive to maintain our networks and relationships with various agencies to assist with managing the Reserve and serving our beneficiaries. 3-Mountain Alliance, DOFAW/PEPP, the Nature Conservancy, US Fish & Wildlife Service, Hawaii Volcanos National Park, UH Hilo, US Forest Service –Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry (IPIF) and our new Aha Kaiaulu Working Group, Kamehameha Schools, Hawaii Academy of Arts & Science, Keonepoko Elementary. We have MOUs with USGS-HVO and US Forest Service for access and research. This April/May the Estria Foundation sponsored a Mele Mural Project at Keonepoko Elementary School and we got a call from an Aha Kaiaulu member asking if they could bring the haumana to Wao Kele for inspiration. This was our first group we hosted after the pandemic closed our forest to community engagement events. We had 29 haumana, school staff and two artists from Estria Foundation, one of which is talented \[unclear\] artist Nainoa Rosehill born and raised in Puna. The keiki spent time in kilo/observations on a lava flow, painted signs for the forest, out-planted and cleared weeds. Before their lunch, they were led in meditation to reflect and develop their theme for the mural. Pele and her brothers were predominant in the reflections of migration to Hawaii from Kahiki. The theme echoes their personal experiences of Puna embracing people from all regions and is home to everyone. We have formed a new Aha Kaiaula working group for Wao Kele O Puna – a couple weeks ago we met for the first time – not all could attend – this small group consisted of subject matter experts and various management activities in natural and cultural resources. We have cultural practitioners, educators, botainists, hunters and hula practitioners. This working group will assist with community input for projects and management at the reserve. These here are just links for the Pele Defense Fund v. Paty 1992 and their findings that you can look up and below is also a link to our Comprehensive Management Plan on our \[OHA\] website. So I just want to mahalo to Forest Solutions who’s our contractor that manages, ah, does our forest management operations, DLNR Land, DOFAW, TNC, 3- Mountain Alliance, Fish & Wildlife Service, our Puna community for sharing Aloha Aina at Wai Kele O Puna and the Game Management Advisory Commission for 7