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doesn't... they're shaded, sot hey don't lose a lot from, evaporation and the heat of...
<br /> dryness and heat of the day. So,we go and check on them, and we're starting to every year,
<br /> we're trying to build more. We built 3 this year on Pumalee,and we renovated another one,
<br /> we changed the roof,cleaned the intake,changed the gutters,you know,on one, on Kimole,
<br /> Brian,and that was,that was the gulch were you talking about, Kimole, Kimole Gulch,
<br /> Kimole Hill,and the gulch that goes down to... Kimola Cabin in Parker Ranch.We repaired
<br /> one out there.Yeah, building more.We're kind of trying to set a goal and meet our goal of
<br /> building4 new ones everyyear.Wewerejustup on Mauna Kea yesterday puttingthe
<br /> foundation for another one out on the northeast side of the mountain on Pumali. And back
<br /> to water,these water units provide supplemental water for the birds to drink, but the greater
<br /> impact of the drought increases the habitat, but this helps game birds provide them
<br /> supplemental water, and we've been having real good luckwith these,we've been deploying
<br /> these things with that,trade name.They call them flock blocks, seed blocks.They have
<br /> different names when you find them in the store, but it's basically like a mineral block, but
<br /> for game birds. It's got, like, calcium, seeds, all kinds of good stuff for them, and... We've
<br /> been putting in a lot of these water units, and the birds,they love it.They crack it,they
<br /> pound those things,especially the Franklins,so, having some good luck at that.We'll buy a
<br /> whole pallet through Miranda's, and then we'll go around the mountains, spawn at each
<br /> water unit. Every time we go to check each water unit,we'll deploy these, blocks, and we've
<br /> been finding the birds love them, so...
<br /> TC: Tayson District 2,the mosquito releases, is it happening here?
<br /> JC: No. Not yet....
<br /> TC: It's happened on the other islands.
<br /> JC: I believe so, Kauai especially.
<br /> TC: I'm just curious if you heard any results on what has happened with that. The reason why I
<br /> asked that is I'm curious about knowing because I do know that's some big effort that
<br /> they're just pushing, and there's a lot of money that went into that situation.What is the
<br /> percentage of success. Is it even worth the money?So, I don't know if you know, or could
<br /> touch base on that, even though it's another island, because I know they're going to talk
<br /> about it if it does well.They're gonna expand to other islands, so I'm wondering,the time
<br /> and money cost, is it even worth it?
<br /> JC: Yeah,Josh here, DLNR.Yes, I don't know, I could tell you a little bit about how it works, but I
<br /> don't know too much about the details. You can reach out to our office if you want, and
<br /> then one of our biologists that are more intimate on it could...
<br /> TC: Okay.Yeah, I just was curious about that. I know it's not here, but I just was wondering,
<br /> because I know one day if it was successful, supposedly it would make its way here,
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