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controlled fire burns scheduling the fountain grass areas cause you and I both know that when you have a controlled burn the goats move into that area and eat the new grass down – that, you know, it would benefit everybody. AN: That’s one way to create the food source. BL: Yeah, create a food source which they’re supposed to do anyway but a lot of that we have \[unclear\] required to have good habitat for the game animals \[unclear\] fire risk – I know Waikoloa – I’ve got some friends that live down there and that’s one of their huge issues. AN: Yeah. BL: Why aren’t we doing controlled burns, like I repeatedly pound the table about on the, I’m sure you noticed it where they had that burn several years ago on Daniel K. When they first had the burn the goats and the sheep came in – they kept all the fountain grass down and the native bushes came back. Now we’ve got a stretch that used to be nothing but fountain grass – native vegetation – and I don’t know why the state doesn’t look at that and say, we can use these animals on multiple reasons and bring back native wildlife, plants and reduce the fire risk ‘cause now we’ve got green bushes instead of dry fountain grass \[unclear\]. It cleared a lot of things, like you said, food and water away from the road. AN: Yeah, I think DLNR has like stoopies to do that. BL: Well, every time we mention that they cry bloody murder about controlled burns ‘cause they had one get away and they… AN: Yeah, I think that’s… BL: They’d rather watch the Island burn down risk kind of a fire on their terms. AN: That’s a good point to add. AA: Thanks, Brian. AN: Thanks. LT: Leomana, District – 3. Just wanted to mahalo for that, a lot of information I didn’t know like Puuanahulu being the only archery area on the Island – archery only. I think – I got sponsored for archery a couple of years ago. I think that it’s super important that we have a space – archery only – and so, ah, thank you for letting me know that but other than that is there any kind of incentive that we can provide community hunters – just regular hunters – to hunt these areas. I know growing up – I dream – I could just pop my bow off the back of my truck and just, you know, right on the side of the road, yeah, it’s oh… But that kind of stuff is illegal so, ah, I guess my question is how – what can I do to provide some sort of incentive to community members to just hunt these areas already ‘cause, I mean, that’s the fastest way in my opinion, right, just if I give – if I can get the OK for people to just hey, pull over, shoot right there with your bow or something. So… 14