2013-05-13 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting Minutes - May 13, 2013 people have an interest in getting in there. The problem is, I guess, it’s hard to get to – people – I know people from the community have their way of getting in and that’s fine – I think that’s great – but I’ve heard that you guys want, you know, there’s been a desire to secure that access – so the parcel straight north - is straight makai of that – is actually a State parcel that’s called unencumbered land – so the Land Division – not Forestry and Wildlife – is managing that – so I talked to Land Division – and they’re going to lease that parcel out. It’s a big parcel – it’s a thousand acres – but we’re asking Land Division – as a requirement of their lease – to the person who’s going to lease that – is that there is a public access from the highway across the parcel to small forest. So, hopefully, that goes well. And then, to the left of that - is a piece – another shaded piece – and that’s a piece of Hamakua Forest Reserve – and I went up there a year ago and tried to find access – same thing – ran into gates – but it turns out – I think back in March – Steve Bergfeld the forestry manager – and Joey Mello did find a legal public access that goes kind of to the – a little bit right of center of that parcel – so that should be – and there’s a sign there now, I think, that says, “Forrest Reserve” right on the boundary. So, I don’t know if there’s any other improvements that are needed there – like parking area or anything like that – but that is a legal way for you guys to get to that forest and hunt. ? Top of the Antone De Luz Road? J. Jokiel: Yeah, and there’s a fork… We went up the right fork and I guess… ?: Uh, huh… J. Jokiel: ….the left fork is… ?: Right. J. Jokiel: ….that’s \[unclear\]. ?: Right. Right. Um… And the other side of that is Mealani experiment station. \[Unclear\] Um… Now that road that goes straight up to the left – \[unclear\] the fork… J. Jokiel: OK. 7