2022_08_16 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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and see how we can do but that was my big concern is just fencing and eradication. KB: Yeah, we don’t really have a game management plan or anything – that’s been – since our CMP was finalized in 2027 it’s been on my bucket list for five years to reach out to the hunters – I tried to – thankfully, Abraham, came forward and we have another local hunter and I’m hoping we can gather a few more that can help us create policy for hunting and, um, you know the hunters also network as volunteers to help get into the areas of forest that are more suitable for hunting. Right now just to come in through our one road - to the middle road in Pahoa and it’s not that great, I mean, I’m not a hunter but I understand that these are the best hunting grounds for pigs. It’s better to go up – approach from the northern part and, yeah, as long as we don’t have funding and we have a lava flow we’re probably, we’re not in a position to fence our entire \[unclear\]. It wouldn’t be practical. BL: OK. Maybe on a couple days or something I can reach out to you – you’re in my district so I would like to – if you’re OK with it – maybe we can meet in person and discuss a lot of these things and I can get a better idea – like you said – this was just a brief overlay – so I would like to get more information from you. BK: Sure. Yeah, we can even have Abraham join too, if he would like, ‘cause I would to have him – as my subject matter expert since he’s in my working group and I just want to point out to you, Brian, that we have like cultural practitioners are gathering and so part of fencing areas is also for like hula practitioners or medicinal healers that want to grow plants that they know will be kept safe from being eaten \[unclear\] are destroyed, but as you can see it’s still a minimum area that we’d be getting fenced – nothing extreme. BL: OK. I look forward to talking to you later. Thank you. BK: Yeah, thanks for the question. AA: Any other questions for Kalena? NP: Ah, Nani Pogline here. I have a question. Um, when you, if you apply for grants for a native forest designation - do you know – do most all the grants require fencing? KB: We \[unclear\] were approached by Fish & Wildlife Service because of some of the unique, rare and endangered species we have. We didn’t even go looking for it - it’s our first grant that we’ve gotten, I mean, short of our purchasing grant from the Legacy Program and the grant is specifically to fence off this area that has the rare plants and probably, hopefully, some rare and endangered nesting birds and the bat. And it’s just a small 17-acre area that includes two skylights and the pit crater so the answer to that question is we’ve only received one grant 9