2014-02-24 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting Minutes – February 24, 2014 by Land Division. \[tape gap\] So these were the questions that you had – this is the areas that have been identified as the watershed priority areas that were in the plan – areas in blue. Again those go across multiple landowner jurisdictions so 22.3% is in that watershed priority area. \[Cannot hear the question\] L. Hadway: I have one that actually overlays the 2 of them. So right there. Oh, so that’s the DOFAW managed lands that overlap with the watershed and that’s the hunting that overlaps with the watershed. Chair Sylvester: OK, I think that’s the one… L. Hadway: No, it’s not. No. I’m gonna show you that next, OK? So I was very – based on that meeting that we had when Chair Aila was here – I really heard a lot of what you guys were saying so I wanted to try and make these maps as clear as possible. Understanding which lands were in DOFAW, which lands were in public hunting… So when we look now, I’m going to talk purely about fencing on DOFAW land. So these red areas are the lands that are actually fenced right now and 3.5 % of DOFAW’s land is fenced. The next one I’m gonna show you is gonna – are the projects that have already kinda been vetted and approved and what those include – so 3.5% of DOFAW land is fenced. 19.4% of DOFAW land is planned for a total of 22.9%. But what I want to show you and talk about in particular is Mauna Kea. Mauna Kea as you are all well aware of is a court ordered situation. One of the significant things about Mauna Kea, and I’ll move to the next slide which is actually the hunting land that’s fenced – so 1.4% of the public hunting is currently fenced acreage wise. And I believe that, that shows all the red is the currently fenced areas. And then this is what it is moving to, again including Mauna Kea. One of the things that we know about Mauna Kea is that there’s still bird hunting associated with Mauna Kea and technically they’re still pig hunting, though we know it isn’t good habitat for pigs. But there are pigs in that lower Kaohe section. So that’s minus Mauna Kea. But other things that the watershed – so in terms of watershed initiative, I mean this is what’s planned. It’s not the entire watershed being fenced. This is gonna take probably 10 to 15 years to implement and funding. And some of the fencing you’re seeing particularly associated with Puuwaawaa is for endangered species protection. Oh there’s 21 listed plants there and several birds and also some insects that are listed there. Man: \[Unclear\] L. Hadway: I’m sorry I… Chair Sylvester: Stay on topic, stay on topic… 14