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LT: Yeah, you know, I had a conversation with a couple of the foresters up Mauna Kea. We <br />were just talking and, we kinda agreed on like 70% of just viruses on life overall – like if <br />a something hunting, you know, it’s a community. 70% of the ohia are gonna just get <br />taken out now under the number that we came up with and now I look around the <br />Island and it’s about 70%, yeah? <br /> <br />JS: Yeah. <br /> <br />LT: Anymore questions? <br /> <br />BL: Brian, District – 4. You guys still hear me? <br /> <br />LT: Yeah. <br /> <br />BL: Hey, as far as the palila – did anybody do any research as far as the – trying to talk here <br />– ah, from the fire that we had several years ago – I know that they stopped the fires <br />before it hit the critical habitat but we had massive amounts of smoke go through the <br />critical habitat – did anybody do anything to find out about the study because I know <br />birds are extremely susceptible to lung issues and stuff like that back to the canary in <br />the mine and, ah, stuff like that, you know, even though they got these fire breaks if we <br />still have fires going through there and the smoke – is that killing the birds ‘cause, I <br />mean, the last numbers I heard was like 7 and then to be dropping down to these low <br />numbers and are we even talking about doing anything else or are we just gonna keep <br />doing the same thing that we’ve had for 50 years is – which is fence and eradicate and <br />stop look at the real issue. That just seems to be, they see the numbers going down <br />every year, but their solution is to kill more animals, put more fences up and that’s <br />obviously – anybody that basic science knows that the sheep are not a problem and fire <br />is the issue now – is anybody even talking about those things? <br /> <br />JS: Nope. Yeah, I haven’t heard anything about the smoke – but it’s a very good point – I <br />would like the – hope somebody’s looking into that, yeah. That’s a good one smoke <br />inhalation is very detrimental to the birds. <br /> <br />LT: Ah, any questions. Mahalo… Ah… <br /> <br />RD: Chair, I’ve got a question… <br /> <br />LT: Yeah. <br /> <br />RD: Duerr, District – 1. Jason, how about Piha. Those hunters that really hunt there and what <br />needs to be communicated to DOFAR about the Piha closing. <br /> <br />JS: Mainly pig hunters in Piha Forest Reserve, I don’t know if it’s still on the table to talk <br />about not fencing it. My understanding is it’s already allocated and already in the works, <br />18 <br /> <br /> <br />