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TWC: All right. District – 2 \[unclear\]. I am in the work still with – for the – \[unclear\]. I’ve been
<br />working with KED for spread Lili’o’kalani\] Gardens regarding the feral cat and feces and
<br />any problem that the feral cats impact on Nene. I did have a small – known as a public
<br />meeting, right, we just offered a few DOFAW officers recently with Abraham – it’s in the
<br />public member – community member, um, this is in regards to Unit H fence, yeah, we’re
<br />pretty much – gonna be drafting up a basically something that’s better than fencing, you
<br />know, anything \[unclear\] our discussion was , you know, the problem over there is to –
<br />the impact of the birds. There’s no fence that can hold back mosquito, so we’ve got to
<br />resolve something on that. They are willing to work, and possibly open up, the old upper
<br />forest reserve over Waiakea.
<br />Alongside Stainback that leads to the, I believe it’s Torch tree replanting, and possibly I
<br />did mention to them and we’re still in talks of that, but, it’s really up in the air I just
<br />figured I’d throw out there since we are losing hunting areas for rifle, maybe possibly
<br />cause the numbers are low with archery hunting in Mauna Loa to maybe make it and on
<br />and off season for rifle as well access on Mauna Loa, and, also I got one more thing – I
<br />was speaking with how Makahanaloa – the public access with regards to county
<br />jurisdiction as well being down there, ah, I was talking with \[unclear\] Makahanaloa
<br />Fishing Association president and if we do \[unclear\] discussions next Monday, be willing
<br />to come in person – DOFAW, KED this week, yeah…
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<br />LT: Right on, \[unclear\], thank you. OK. So, going back to the on and off rifle season on
<br />Mauna Loa – any, any unit, any hunting unit in particular you see that happening with –
<br />that’s the easiest or, what, what is – how are your ideas on that?
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<br />TWC: Well, we didn’t get into detail with that – we just – I asked for like how often hunters
<br />are going up there – they said the most they’ve seen in a long time was six in a weekend
<br />and it’s just all archery, right?
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<br />LT: Yeah.
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<br />TWC: Ah, I not going count Mauna Kea at this point because it’s like, you know, we’ve been
<br />banned that for a long time, yes, see coming here there once in a while but, you know,
<br />the – we basically losing that, right, we lost a slice recently – basically Kapapala Ranch is
<br />on edge right now – so we don’t know how much longer we’re going to have that I don’t
<br />know the whole situation like who’s going to be taking over that but if we lose those
<br />areas that’s a big impact on the \[unclear\] so why not try and mitigate something into
<br />possibly maybe a half season for rifle on Mauna Loa. Because my experience is a, you
<br />know, \[unclear\] on Mauna Loa as well. Not everybody’s willing to take that walk as an
<br />archery hunter, so, you know, maybe give some ground for the \[unclear\] walkers, you
<br />know?
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<br />LT: Yeah, sounds good. Cause I only hunt go up there anyway…
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<br />TWC: Yeah.
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