Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Program FY17_FY21

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Total $124,000 $70,000 $70,000 $75,000 $75,000 $375,000 Project 8 W-24-GO-04 Game Operations and Maintenance: Honolulu County A. Need Existing game management improvements, habitat management areas, and facilities require ongoing repair and maintenance in order to provide the maximum opportunity for recreational hunting B. Objectives To operate and maintain buildings, structures, and infrastructure in 14 Public Hunting Areas (PHA) and one Game Management Area (GMA), totaling 32,000 acres, to support wildlife management and wildlife oriented recreation opportunities. This includes maintenance of: • Baseyard buildings used to house equipment, staff and tools for operations • Game bird guzzler units which provide water for game birds at Kuaokala GMA. Maintenance includes the purchase of guzzlers, lumber, plumbinh, tools and fastners. • Roads and trails will be monitored and maintained by staff to ensure public access to Hunting Areas. Maintenance includes: Rental of Machinery, equipment to grub road/trail, etc. Purchase of herbicides, power tools, equipment, surge/gravel, fill, etc. • Signage will be inspected and maintained so information is disseminated properly to hunters and other users in the areas. Includes -purchase of signs, posts, fastners, barriers, paint, cement, lumber, etc. • Cattle fences will be inspected and maintained to ensure cattle are restricted to paddocks specific to grazing management objectives. DOFAW staff will work with ranchers to ensure objectives are consistent with habitat management needs. • Hunter Check Stations will be inspected and maintained to ensure that they are serving as an effective structure to collect relevant information. Maintenance includes the purchase of supplies: Lumber, mailboxes, fastners, sign in sheets, etc. Repairs and maintenance to equipment, vehicles and tools • Program to issue special permits to non -Public Hunting Areas. These are DOFAW lands that have not been designated as PHAs. Permits are issued to allow for public recreational hunting opportunities in these areas C. Expected Results and Benefits The wildlife management areas on Oahu are expected to provide approximately 3,500 hunter days of recreation, resulting in a harvest of approximately 500 feral pigs, 200 feral goats, and 300 game birds annually. Maintenance of access trails and roads provides a secondary benefit to non -hunting segments of the public by providing access to hiking and camping areas. Maintenance of infrastructure, water lines, fences are integral to continue to enhance habitat and game populations in Game Management Areas. New areas accessible to hunting will also increase quality and quantity of hunter harvest on Oahu. D. Approach The following existing infrastructure will be inspected and maintained (4x/year): 20