Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Program FY17_FY21

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o Establish an agreement with the Board of Land and Natural Resources to set -aside state land at Kanaio, Maui, for the establishment and operation of a game management area. o Establish a cooperative management agreement with private landowners at Kanaio, Maui, for the establishment and operation of a game management area. • Acquire fee title or agricultural/conservation easements for key land parcels to improve public access and enhance opportunities for public hunting, public recreation, and wildlife management. o Acquire fee title for a 1,735 acre addition to Hilo Forest Reserve to expand, and improve access to, existing public hunting areas. o Establish the location of two reserved right-of-ways over private land for access to the Moloaa Forest Reserve, Kauai. o Identify and revise statewide priorities for land acquisition. o Obtain appraisals, boundary surveys, environmental site assessments, and title reports for selected priority acquisitions. o Conduct outreach and education to landowners and other stakeholders. This will increase DOFAW's capacity to create and maintain public access throughout the state. o Participate in public forums organized by other DOFAW programs and partners, such as DOFAW Na Ala Hele Trail and Access System; DOFAW Watershed Partnerships; DLNR Kauai Aquatic Life and Wildlife Advisory Committee, DLNR Soil and Water Conservation Districts; State Game Management Advisory Commission; and Hawaii County Game Management Advisory Commission. o Meet regularly with individual landowners and stakeholder groups. o Design, plan, and produce statewide workshops on access and acquisition processes and issues, including the rights, privileges, and responsibilities of hunters and landowners, and related problems of trespass, liability, insurance, and indemnification. • Develop, improve, and maintain roads, parking areas, trails, fences, gates, and other access infrastructure. o Lihue-Koloa Forest Reserve, Kauai (two routes) o including boundary surveys and environmental assessment o Moloaa Forest Reserve, Kauai (two routes) o including boundary surveys o Kau Forest Reserve, Hawaii (one route) o Kanaio Game Management Area (as determined in management plan) o including management plan and environmental assessment o Hilo Forest Reserve (one route) o including boundary survey C. Expected Results and Benefits The Access and Acquisitions project will facilitate public and management access to approximately 1,000,000 acres of public lands, and will increase public access and management opportunities on private lands. The program will improve DOFAW's ability to more effectively administer its wildlife management programs as well as significantly increase the size of accessible public hunting areas; improve hunter recruitment and retention; and expand hunter effort (hunter days) and success (animals harvested). 11