2024_09_17 Game Management Advisory Commission DRAFT Minutes

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regulations and guidelines and where does his scope cover, right, \[unclear\] State land or is it just federal land like just as a park kind of deal. RD: Chair, Duerr – District 1. Abraham, the federal wildlife officer – is that with US Fish and Wildlife? Do we know what agency they’re with? AA: There’s a US government agency \[unclear\] officer and just report refuge violations, I can forward… LT: Yeah, OK, now I remember the one you sent me – that was it. AA: DOCARE officer what is their scope pretty much, yeah. TN: Chairman Leomana, this is Teresa – could I add to what Abraham has presented? LT: Ah, yes ma’am. TN: Abraham, could you look into existing trails through those properties? Because those existing trails through – goes through those properties then they become gathering right trails and the konohikis that used to take care of the land. They might be families still using those access trails and because of the splintered paddle ruling, public access is acquired, I mean, is in existence – could you add trails to Abraham’s presentation to be looked in to also? Thank you. AA: Abraham, yeah, Teresa, that’s a good idea too, as well, as far as I know the only trails that I know of is just hunting trails that’s been created from hunters throughout the years, as far as how long, those trails have been there – I don’t know, some people, like I said they just cut trails and basically either hunting or maybe \[unclear\] like that. LT: Might be ancient hunting trails. These might be traditional hunting trails for pigs cause they’ve been here with us a long time so, we gotta continue the use of these traditional trails. Thank you for that. It’s really important for us to uphold the traditions of you know, gathering culture. Are we still waiting for the upload? \[Technical difficulties\] AA: This particular part right here, that’s this red line here – that is within the Kau Forest Reserve – that’s potential fence, ah, I am not from the Kau area, um, so I do not know anything about this, um, parcel right here. Too bad we don’t have a District – 6 Commissioner, so in all honesty as a hunter, and, you know, also a conservationist as well, I can and cannot see the positives and negatives with this fence line so, but, as a hunter we no like any fences the commission can write a letter opposing this fence line – sorry I don’t have any information about that, um, this, this is a large area – this is also in Kau, um, the yellow line is the existing fence – this is a Natural Area Reserve and then 9