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now diseased and dieing native naio add to the fire fuel load. <br />j , otential wild fire poses a threat to palila and habitat. Browsers and <br />V <br />grazers have proven to provide an effective and cost efficient method <br />of fire fuel control when properly managed as a renewable resource. <br />If hunters are part of management, they would provide an important <br />local food resource to our communities, as have in history. <br />"During the depression years of the early 1930's, the hunting program <br />in the forest reserves was opened to public hunting to satisfy the <br />demand for meat. On the average, 30,000 animals were killed annually <br />during that period (DLNR Draft GMA, pg. 12, 2017)." We now are seeing <br />a fluctuation of food imports, soaring food costs, and joblessness due to <br />covid 19. Although DLNR efforts are being made to salvage meat for <br />public use from the aerial eradications, a percentage of meat is left to <br />rot where difficult to salvage, only to feed wild cats, mongoose, and <br />rats. Here on Hawaii Island, hunting has historically and culturally <br />been a practice to provide meat for families and communities. Hunter <br />and game could again, provide for residences in a time of need. <br />Mahalo for your attention to these concerns, <br />