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<br />Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting <br />Minutes – February 24, 2014 <br />D. Yoshina: I have a question. Under Pittman-Robertson you have certain <br />strictures there, right, of use of matching funds? <br /> <br />L. Hadway: Yes. So right now we are supposed to be matching Pittman <br />Robertson with state funds. <br /> <br />D. Yoshina: So are those limited to say conservation programs or something like <br />that? <br />L. Hadway: No. They’re not limited to conservation. <br /> <br />D. Yoshina: (Unclear) or game management? <br /> <br />L. Hadway: Well and there is some portion of the Pittman-Robertson funds that <br />goes to known games such as the nene management maybe, but there are cross <br />benefits. For example, predator control – that might benefit nene and it would <br />also benefit game birds. <br /> <br />D. Yoshida: So the question I have is – in the past – when you had monies in this <br />program and my experience has been that there has been little or no game <br />management. So, the explanation I got was that we couldn’t use that money for <br />actual game management. Is that a true or false statement? <br /> <br />L. Hadway: Well, I think what you know it’s related to using federal funds <br />associated with endangered species and the complexities associated with that… <br /> And I believe that if the state were able to ramp up and provide appropriate <br />matching funds that, that, we shouldn’t be afraid necessarily of that and if we can <br />actually proceed with solid planning that allows for us to consider those <br />endangered species aspects and potentially mitigate elsewhere that we would <br />actually be able to do some solid game management planning. And yet, and not <br />only at a landscape level but also get some site specific game management <br />plans. That would be my hope and my goals for this. <br /> <br />D. Yoshina: OK. So what you’re saying is that you have the political weal to do <br />that. <br /> <br />L. Hadway: I’ll do my best. <br /> <br />D. Yoshina: OK. How about the other guys in the bureaucracy? <br /> <br />L. Hadway: Well I think there’s a strong sentiment that we want to do a better job <br />at this and put more resources behind it and I think that there’s a ground swell of <br />folks hitting the ground. I just sat beside a guy on the plane today from Molokai <br />who’s got a masters degree – grew up there hunting and is looking for a job – <br />and so I think that if we could get some of the success that we’ve seen in some <br />of our other program – also build within the wildlife program – then I think we’d be <br />able to do a better job and that, you know, like I said it’s my hope. It’s not going <br /> 7 <br /> <br />