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comments that I have made, um, basically made – might be worded differently but these are – I
<br />tried to make it a little more concise, um, so within that document we turn to I think the second
<br />page – I have a different copy from you, but, they talk about the population estimates – hunting
<br />regulations – watershed protection. So there’s a section there within that plan and when I,
<br />when I looked at that, um, several things popped out. 1) Population data that they had – the
<br />estimates on the population, um, on that document states that in 2018 there are approximately
<br />1900 goats, 2020 two thousand, 2021 twenty-one fifty, and the same in 2022. So, they’re
<br />claiming that the population is stable but talk to any hunter who’s hunted in these areas – I’ve
<br />hunted there regularly, you know, I’m there almost every single day during the hunting season
<br />and I know in the last five years the population has been reduced quite a bit and if you compare
<br />that to 20 years ago – the difference is remarkable. It, and, I don’t think their numbers are right,
<br />I just cannot see the numbers being right, um, so what they saying is now – because it’s stable
<br />they want to knock the population down, so, by increasing and I don’t know how they come up
<br />with the increases but when I do the numbers in my head and on paper it’s an eradication
<br />program. So, it’s not a sustainable hunting program – so it’s not game management anymore.
<br />They’re moving away from that. So that’s my concern, um, as far as the population is concerned,
<br />um, hunting regulations they want to turn Puuanahulu into a muzzle loader hunting area, at
<br />least as muzzle loader season like Puuwaawaa. And, um, I think the bow hunters need to make a
<br />stand there because that’s the only archery \[unclear\] area that we have on the Island. That’s the
<br />only one, um, people say, oh, Kaohe, but Kaohe you can go with muzzle loaders. Um, and I think
<br />you can even do it with hand guns, I not sure on that one. I know muzzle loaders you can, um,
<br />and, of course, they eradicating in there too at the same time, so, um, Puuanahulu has to be like
<br />main thing is the archery area for the Island, for the state. Um, they want to increase hunting
<br />pressure by increasing the number of days, ah, to me that doesn’t necessarily make
<br />sense, um, they need to start looking at what is the carrying capacity and there’s a push
<br />\[unclear\] carrying capacity no one can come up with the number. They never could and I don’t
<br />think they ever will cause no one’s gonna \[unclear\] out there. Um, so, \[unclear\] hunting pressure
<br />in the areas is gonna drive the animals out to the highways so they need to do something
<br />different. Um, so the next slide – I probably just glossed over a couple others but these are the
<br />main comments. \[Unclear\] OK. Currently they say that they have 1.3 million acres of land. I don’t
<br />know if the numbers are accurate or what, but I take it that it is, um, so out of that 1.3 million
<br />acres they said 1 million is private land, I guess either Bishop or Parker Ranch – the big
<br />landowners, ah, PTA… Um, the big landowners in the area that we concerned about – the
<br />stretch of highway from PTA or Hawaiian Homes, I guess, in a little bit into Hawaiian Homes – all
<br />the way down Daniel K – we looking at PTA lands, and a little bit of Parker Ranch – lands –
<br />coming out on the other way to Waimea, um, so that other 300,000 acres is managed by the
<br />state, I guess. So, you know, they asking for two and half positions to assist them with this Task
<br />Force – the issues within this Task Force. I just think they need to look at their personnel and
<br />how they’re being used – are they being used effectively, um, does this fall within the realm of
<br />their responsibilities cause game management is already their responsibility within the state
<br />plans, um, so what’s gonna change if they add one or two other people – new positions, it
<br />means too costly so I just think they need to justify it a little bit better. OK. The next section was
<br />on damage to agriculture – commercial and residential properties, um, so, ah, what are the
<br />areas that are getting damaged by, um, mainly goats, again, I guess, ah, they claim to be
<br />agricultural land, um, and landscaping, um, so, along the area of concern – and that’s my
<br />problem is they, they taking the problem that the Task Force is assigned with and they
<br />expanding it to everywhere on the Island and maybe that’s OK down the road but if there are
<br />issues but there’s no landscaping along that area from Hawaiian Homes down Daniel K all the
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