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CO: The other one is also 5:00 pm, the one at West Civic Hawaii Center <br /> LT: Mahalo, just a comment on that...that's too soon for us to officially get something <br /> together from the commission, but we can show up in a personal manner, and give our <br /> opinion on that, because I'll be there too. All right, that's it for our District Reports by <br /> our commissioners. Moving forward to our next agenda item. Oh...okay...1 2 3 4 and <br /> agenda item <br /> 5. PRESENTATION: <br /> a. Bret Nainoa Mossman, DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife (DOFAW) Natural <br /> Area Reserve System, Hawai'i Island Avian Biologist to speak on the "Palila and its <br /> Endangered Species Recovery Status and Analysis including analysis of the <br /> "Technical Report HCSU-115 2022—2024 Status and Trends of the Palila (Loxioides <br /> Bailleui)." <br /> LT: Today we were supposed to have two (2) presentations, and we weren't able to get in <br /> contact with Nainoa Mossman and who is the leader of our Birds program here with DLNR <br /> and NARS. He is the head of NARS up at Kulani too, I'm just going to read out Bret Nainoa <br /> Mossman DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife (DOFAW) Natural Area Reserve System, <br /> Hawaii Island Avian biologist to speak on the Palila and it's endangered species recovery <br /> status and analysis including analysis technical report HCSU 15 from 2022 to 2024 status <br /> and trends of the Palila. And that is this report just came out on the Palila birds. For our <br /> presenter, is he coming next month with Okano? The presenter had to cancel this month <br /> because they had other meetings that were more important. We'll have them back next <br /> month, but I feel we should use this time for us, if you read it, we can have a discussion <br /> amongst ourselves, and kind of understand, before we get a presentation, what our ideas <br /> are, maybe we want to write a letter to, to a specific office, individual or I dunno, that's <br /> why...we have time here to brain storm...I'll start this off,just by reading...the abstract...all <br /> right...Just a paragraph..read good. English is my third language so bear with me. Palila <br /> our critically endangered Hawaiian honey creepers specializing on the seed pods Mamane <br /> and restricted to Mauna Kea volcano on the Island of Hawaii. A previous analysis of <br /> survey data estimated 89% population decline, between 1998 and 2001. Using the most <br /> recent annual survey data from 2022, 2023, and 24, we report undated population <br /> estimates and trends since 1998. The 2022 population estimate was between 367 and <br /> 742 birds. In 2023 the population estimate was between 374 to 842 birds. And the 2024 <br /> population estimate was 412 Palila with a max of 970 birds. Our estimate survey years <br /> prior to 2022 were within the confidents intervals, of the estimates of the previous <br /> analysis. Our models, likewise, showed a population fluctuating between 4,000 and 6,800 <br /> birds, from 98 to 2005. Except for an unusually low estimate in the year 2000, and then <br /> a steep decline through 2010. For the next decade, Palila abundance fluctuated between <br /> 776 to 1,346 birds before declining again in 2021 to 679 birds. From 98 to 24 the <br /> 13 <br />