Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Program FY17_FY21

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and/or millet will be planted to provide plants that provide food and cover for game birds. Grazing will be done on a rotational basis to control grasses in areas that cannot be mowed. C. Expected Results and Benefits To increase the number of game birds at the Kuaokala GMA in order to provide hunting for 700 hunters per season, with a harvest of 300 birds D. Approach • Strip mow fields to enhance gamebird habitat at Kuaokala GMA (15 ac/year) • Pruchase of parts, supplies or to pay for machinery and equipment repair, hauling services to move machinery, rental of machinery, • Outplant native trees to aid in vegetation management (50 trees/year) • Purchase of plants, planting tools, protection, irrigation equipment, to establish plants preffered to gamebirds. • Create or maintain food plot (1 acre/year) • Purchase plants, seeds, tools to establish vegeative food plots, prucahse fencing and tools to maintain protective barriers. • Create gamebird habitat (1 ac/year) • Rental of machinery or repair of machinery used to create new habitat by removing noxioius weeds. • Graze cattle in areas where grass cannot be mowed (200 ac/year) • Purcahse of tools and equipment to support rotational grazing, includes water/irrigation maintenance. E. Location Kuaokala GMA. Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 5-Yr Total $60,000 $86,000 $90,000 $90,000 $90,000 $362,000 Project 19 W-26-GH-05 Game Habitat Management: Kauai County A. Need Game habitat improvements are needed on selected portions of the Kekaha and Wailua Game Management Areas, Hunting Unit L — Cooperative Management Area to enhance game populations, primarily game birds. Plans are to accelerate habitat enhancement for the control of invasive plant species such as Molasses grass (Milinis minuti ora), Bushy Beards Schizachyrium condensatum) and 33