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Palila/Mauna .Kea <br />Hawaiian Island Hunters, Pig Hunters of Hawaii, and supporters <br />of the Hawaii County Game Management Advisory Commission <br />suggestive wording for a 2023 Legislative bill: <br />REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL <br />RESOURCES TO UPDATE FACTS AND STATISTICS RELATING TO <br />THE DECLINE OF PAULA ON MAUNA KEA AND CONDUCT <br />FURTHER INVESTIGATIONS ON THE DECLINE, FOR THE PURPOSE <br />OF UPDATING THE US DISTRICT COURT SHEEP AND GOAT <br />ERADICATION MANDATE FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS: <br />• The palila bird is a rare and endangered native <br />honeycreeper on Mauna Kea, among the last to exist on <br />the planet. <br />• Palila survival relies on the native mamane forest for food <br />and nesting. <br />• In 1979 the Hawaii DLNR was sued on allegations that the <br />Department was "taking" palila by maintaining sheep and <br />goats in Palila Critical Habitat (encompassing all of Mauna <br />Kea from six thousand to ten thousand feet elevation), by <br />causing damage to mamane forests. <br />• Between 1979 and 1999 the US District Court confirmed a <br />