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F. Cost <br />Year 1 <br />Year 2 <br />Year 3 <br />Year 4 <br />Year 5 <br />5-Yr Total <br />$30,000 <br />$84,000 <br />$89,000 <br />$97,000 <br />$93,000 <br />$457,000 <br />Project 12 W-25-GP-03 Game Population Management: Maui County <br />A. Need <br />Demand for recreational game bird and game mammal hunting continues to increase, yet populations of <br />game birds cannot keep pace with demand. One reason for inadequate production is heavy predation <br />losses from introduced mongoose, rats, feral cats and feral dogs. Population management is needed to <br />meet the goals of increased game hunting pressure. In order to restore game birds to their carrying <br />capacity in nesting areas, introduced predators must be severely reduced or eliminated. <br />B. Objectives <br />• Restore game bird populations at the Kahakuloa GMA, the Lanai Cooperative GMA, Kanaio <br />GMA, Molokai Forest Reserve PHA, and the Kula Forest Reserve through a predator control <br />program. <br />• Purchase mongoose and cat traps as needed. <br />C. Expected Results and Benefits <br />• The reduction in numbers of predators and subsequent increase in game bird survival and <br />reproduction will increase the number of game birds in the Kahakuloa GMA, Kula Forest <br />Reserve, Kanaio GMA, the Lanai Cooperative GMA, and Molokai Forest Reserve PHA. <br />Reducing predation by 50%, would potentially double the recruitment of young to the game bird <br />population. This increased chick production is expected to result in an additional harvest of 450 <br />game birds per year and an additional 600 hunter days of recreation, a substantial increase in <br />wildlife recreational opportunities to the people of Maui County. <br />• The purchasing of traps to replace existing traps will allow for the ability to remove unwanted <br />predators <br />D. Approach <br />• Predator numbers will be reduced by trapping introduced mongoose, rats, feral cats and feral <br />dogs. Twenty eight traps will be set and checked during the key game bird breeding and nesting <br />season (February through July) on the island of Maui. On Lanai, 12 traps will be set and checked <br />during the months of February and July. <br />• During FY17, FY19 and FY 21, 30 traps will be purchased to replace damaged or non- <br />functioning traps <br />E. Location <br />Predator reduction will be conducted at the Kahakuloa GMA, Kanaio GMA and Kula Forest Reserve on <br />Maui, the Lanai Cooperative GMA, and Molokai Forest Reserve Public Hunting Area. <br />26 <br />