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the nineties and anywhere from then to two thousand. Early two thousand so some of the older ones are showing their age the gutters are failing a good portion still functional, tanks are full water is coming out but super (unclear) but we’re trying to improve the checking range with the staff out in West Hawaii, checking those water units more regularly especially coming in to the bird breeding season in the spring making sure the birds can get more water. We started putting out these things that they call them flock blocks they’re like a mineral block for game birds. They are seeds in casing like this molasses block with calcium stuff (unclear) nesting birds (unclear) production (unclear) refurbishing a lot of the water issues unclear) we got some that were going to change ropes on putting in new gutters change the wood on some of the older ones just the ones (unclear) like uphill on Mauna Kea aside. That one is a cool one. It’s unique because it gets fed by a stream diversion. The stream diversion has been clogged over the years. Improving maintenance of the ones that’s up there as well as building, filled with new ones. The gaps where there aren’t on the mountain. We may build a lot in Pu’umali restoration area. Their water units out there in (unclear) last year. We have three plans where we started on one. We have sites for 2 others remain unbuilt sometime in March, April. So just putting more water out in the landscape (unclear) game bird population management. And I ask any hunters out there that - we get calls on water units that A, B and C’s (unclear) to report which ones they are. Most of them have and they’re not always visible but most of them have the name on the top left. One of the main (unclear) K to M1 (unclear) which one to go to so but think that’s about it does anybody have questions. LT: Thank you for that update, everybody excited especially for those of us that are here. Whoever wants to start if you guys have questions. BL: Brian, District 4. I got a bunch of questions here if we can just run through them here real quick. I appreciate you coming in. I know sometimes you guys feel like you’re in the hot seat. JPC: No, I enjoy the conversations. BL: Any issues with the zipties? I noticed I got one bandon bird this year and I noticed you guys are using zipties. Are there any issues with the zipties down the road causing problems with the bird? JPC: No, I don’t believe… some of the zipties we use they just look like regular zipties but we buy them from (unclear) the poultry suppliers and when I started using the zipties I contacted (unclear) do you guys have any issues with (unclear) they’re not using a lot of pigeons. A lot of pigeon guys they use a lot of (unclear) but they use (unclear) no, never had any issues, mainly like, (unclear) control things like (unclear) it is pretty standard with branding that we do branding like for experience and stuff (unclear) enough gap making sure that it’s not too big where you know it slides off the foot, a lot like it fold in on itself where it slides on and become a problem. Not too big where it would slide off and it gets stuck further up on its leg and the mobility and cutting it nice and flush and not a sharp edge. The only issue we have with the zipties is more (unclear) where we’re actually losing the zipties we go and release a bunch of birds, and we go to clean out our (unclear) fall off… the retention has been subpar… I mean, we probably lost about four or five (unclear) was enough that where this year we’re going to actually switch to. We work with this company to get a custom made aluminum bands. They’re 9