Report to Legislature fr DLNR - Wildlife Revolving Fund FY 2014

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EAST HAWAII DISTRICT General Laborer Position: Objectives: Pursue duties pertaining to Hilo watershed wild cattle control, hunter checking stations, and nene habitat renewal. Accomplishments: Due to limited funding, general laborer position was kept vacant. Wildlife 0 & M: Objectives: To maintain the Kipuka `Ainahou Lease. Accomplishments: The lease for Kipuka `Ainahou with the Department of Hawaiian Homelands was maintained. Due to ongoing negotiations to extend the lease, no payment was made to the Department of Hawaiian Homelands for Fiscal Year 2014. Commissions on Hunting License Sales: Objective: To pay commissions to vendors on the island of Hawai`i for sales of the 2013-2014 Hawai`i hunting licenses. Accomplishment: Hunting licenses were available at vendors and commissions were paid. Motor Vehicle Repairs, Maintenance, and Equipment Objective: To maintain trucks in service for WRF purposes. Accomplishment: Vehicles remained functional with no debts to WRF for maintenance. Future Program Plans 1. Remove gorse from Kipuka `Ainahou lease area 2. Continue to employ a part-time general laborer to help expand hunter checking station coverage, remove gorse from the Kipuka `Ainahou lease. WEST HAWAII DISTRICT Game Operations and Maintenance Objective: Maintain predator control, the maintenance of game related facilities such as guzzlers, and increase road maintenance and habitat management capacity for the West Hawai`i District. Maintained more than 60 miles of hunter access roads. Accomplishment: All 0 & M activities were accomplished without use of WRF monies. Game Program Coordination Objective: The district staff assisted K -Mart, Sports Authority, Wal-Mart and other vendors in Kona with hunting license sales and training (these being the only outlets for the public to purchase hunting licenses in Kona other than the DOFAW office 40 miles away in Kamuela). 8