2014-02-24 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting Minutes – February 24, 2014 L. Hadway: ….present the statistics. I’m showing these to you because there’s been a lot of talk and I wanted to show you guys very plainly what we have on the books. So I just thought that was the best way to do it. And you know though – because I really think what was such an alarming map were these ones – and when we don’t have those fence lines associated with the watershed and you hear about the watershed initiative you think that, that entire priority watershed is gonna be fenced. Something I want to talk about associated with watershed and I wish I had a pointer… Chair Sylvester: Lisa, stop right there. I’d like to just ask one more question. Even that part – if the 3.5% of DOFAW land is fenced currently, is that just fenced or is that fenced and considered part of this watershed? Or is it just fenced areas around the island. L. Hadway: It’s fenced areas around the island because they figured that was a far more important thing to cover the entire suite. Chair Sylvester: 3.5% to 19% that’s more than double… L. Hadway: Yeah. But this takes into account some of the dry forest areas like Manuka, Mauna Kea – parts of that are considered the priority watershed. Chair Sylvester: I think that’s part of the problem because the watershed plan specifically said to double the size of the water – and I mean it’s not your doing or anything like that – I just wanted to let you know there’s a lot of animosity and stuff because when you start looking at numbers and sizes and… L. Hadway: Right… Chair Sylvester: You know, I know because Mauna Kea is kind of part of a big part of that chunk of that so you know it’s kinda deceptive that way but… It’s like if they’re taking that it should have been part of the whole big percentage of what they needed for watershed protection because apparently, and then speaking with Representative Lowen in Kona she said that their water, you know I stressed that the – can you overlap the watershed protection plan \[unclear\]? L. Hadway: With the fencing… Chair Sylvester: No, no, just to where the actual watershed – the blue, yeah. L. Hadway: Yeah. Chair Sylvester: You can see like the Kohala area, Kawaihae area and all that – that’s where – I mean there’s no plans for any type of forest protection. It’s just that their water comes from the mountain, so if that’s the case then all of Mauna Kea should have been part of the watershed – which is 60,000 acres or 15