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AA: It’s a comment. <br /> <br />SW: OK. <br /> <br />BL: Brian, District – 4. Back to the private thing – who’s funding all this? Since this is – on private <br />property. Is this government money being used on private funds? <br /> <br />JM: Ah, yeah, a big portion of the funding is coming from the Department of Health, it’s along the <br />lines of cleaner water and providing, a cleaner water source for people as well as for the reefs, <br />lots of folks on the west side have seen the reefs get covered with sediment every big rain event <br />and, kill off our reef systems and our \[unclear\] fishing and diving resources. Kawaihae is pretty <br />stagnant for many, many months after a big rainfall event. So, yeah, a lot of the funding is <br />coming from the Department of Health. <br /> <br />BL: OK. What does the private landowners get out of this deal? <br /> <br />JM: The private landowner as far as Queen Emma – they get a healthier quality forest and a <br />healthier community. <br /> <br />AA: Thanks, Jake. And thanks for supporting the local hunting community out there and thanks for <br />your presentation. <br /> <br />JM: Thank you, Aloha. <br /> <br />b. Joshua Pang-Ching and Ian Cole, East Hawai’i Wildlife Biologist, DLNR <br />Division of Forestry and Wildlife: “Update on East Hawai'i DOFAW <br />Projects.” <br /> <br />AA: Moving on to presentation B – Joshua Pang-Ching and Ian Cole, East Hawaii Wildlife Biologists, <br />DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife. Update on East Hawaii DOFAW Projects. <br /> <br />JPC: E, aloha and good morning everyone. My name is Joshua Pang-Ching, I’m from the Division of <br />Forestry and Wildlife in Hilo, East Hawaii Wildlife program. I’m here to present some updates <br />from our program. I’ll start off with – since we’re in the thick of game bird season \[unclear\] <br />weekends in. Game bird season goes from the first Saturday in November to the last Sunday in <br />January – the general game bird season, um, been hearing from hunters and Kapapala, you <br />know, they’re having a big success but that’s usually pretty common in the beginning of the <br />season – tend to see that but it normally picks up, during as the season progresses \[unclear\]. <br /> <br />AA: Abraham, District – 5. Can you just give a brief update on the process to go into Kapapala <br />\[unclear\]? <br /> <br />JPC: Yes… <br /> <br />AA: ‘Cause I had a question come up \[unclear\]. <br /> <br />14 <br /> <br /> <br />