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some cases I think if the fire wants to go it’s gonna go, but in general, if we keep the fuel loads <br />down we can respond more quickly, more effectively, to reduce the impact of wild land fires. <br />Next slide. So, these last slides are gonna just be real quick about some of the other things that <br />we’re doing to, to reduce, well to protect the forest but also reduce the spread of fire into that <br />forest. So while the ungulates – cattle, sheep, goats and I guess pigs to some extent – while they <br />can graze and keep fuel loads down in areas that are degraded, which is a large portion of <br />Puuanahulu and Puuwaawaa – they are still damaging to the existing native forest that is left – <br />the remnant forest – and so it is important for us to exclude them from those areas so that <br />those areas can recover and hopefully, you know, ideally in a perfect world – expand over time. <br />Next slide. Just a brief review I guess about excluding ungulates at Puuwaawaa we have about, I <br />think, 4,000 acres of fences that have been already implemented – fences that keep sheep and <br />goats out – so on the ranch side they have a bunch of barbed wire fences and that’ll keep the <br />cattle out of one place, but the goats and pigs and sheep can move freely. So, we have about <br />4,000 acres of ungulate proof fencing that keeps all the animals out after we remove them and <br />we plan to add about 4,000 acres more to protect – like I said – that remnant forest and so <br />that’s kinda like I said a two-way sword. These animals can be useful to stop the spread of fire <br />while at the same time being dangerous or harmful to the existing forest and so we’re trying our <br />best to use them for what they’re good for while keeping them away from what they threaten. <br />Next slide. And then we also do manual control within so within those fenced units so those <br />areas where we’re trying to remove the ungulates. We will do the manual control of weed <br />eating and herbicide application to protect the forest. Next slide – just to show some pictures of <br />what that kind of looks like and then last slide. Mahalo. Any questions? I’m happy to take any <br />questions. <br /> <br />AA: Abraham, District – 5. So I was supposed to say this in the beginning, but I brought Kanalu one – <br />this month – he brought his presentation to us before but last month was the County’s, I guess, <br />fire prevention awareness month and because we didn’t have a meeting last month and Kanalu <br />wasn’t available last month either, so that’s why I brought him on board this month to do his <br />fire presentation and also Brian been bothering me for quite some time to get Kanalu back on <br />and just so happened he’s not here again today so too bad for that. Kanalu you said you guys <br />just had that water upgrades? <br /> <br />KS: Yeah, and I should have said so we had two like 350-400,000-gallon tanks that were – they were <br />also – that, that water catchment system was implemented by one of the original leases, you <br />know, sixty years ago and we upgraded it and connected everything. We de-commissioned one <br />of the reservoirs and we upgraded another one, and put in a new liner for catching the water – <br />the rain water from forest. Last year in December we had a super big rain and one of those <br />400,000 gallon tanks like literally exploded, and so right now we only have one tank functioning <br />and we have put in some CIP money – some other money request to replace that larger tank <br />that is not functioning anymore. Um, but yes. <br /> <br />AA: So, you guys took the water from – all the way from the mauka side down to the makai, right? <br />Did you guys… <br /> <br />KS: We’re catching rain water, yeah, it’s rain water that’s being caught, harvested and then piped <br />down to – all the way to makai. It stops along the way and there’s a couple of reservoirs, but <br />yeah, all the way to makai. <br /> <br />8 <br /> <br /> <br />