2013-08-26 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting Minutes – August 26, 2013 On August 14, 2013, Mr. Andy Treharne the western regional manager met with Rep. Cindy Evans at the National Conference of State Legislators. Rep. Evans is very much interested in attending the National Center of Sportsmen’s Caucus and hopes to gain as much information at this November convention before she hits the road across the island promoting the National Center of Sportsmen’s Caucus. Also on August 23 Mr. Treharne spoke briefly with Senator Sam Slom and provided him with an overview of the National Center of Sportsmen’s Conferences program and filled him in on the conversation he had with Representative Evans. Furthermore, Mr. Treharne may ask the Sportsmen’s Conference chair from another state to join in on the call with Senator Slom. Action: C. Bailey moved that the commission accept his report; seconded by M. Bartell, and carried unanimously by voice vote. THE NA ALA HELE INFORMATIONAL MEETING HELD ON JULY 24, 5. 2013. D. Ike Yoshida: It was a short meeting of all of the Na Ala Hele groups statewide. Various county chairs made reports to the statewide group. There seems to be activity for the Na Ala Hele groups on each of the islands from things like motorcycle tracks to access to the historic trails as well as to develop certain state lands for uses such as off-road vehicles and things like that. It was a very interesting program. Jordan Jokiel, DLNR Access Coordinator within DOFAW oversees the Na Ala Hele program - in recognition of the importance to access hunting areas Jordan is actually working statewide along with and on additional items outside of Na Ala Hele too, so there’s kind of 2 programs working there. Chair Sylvester read Jordan Jokiel’s DLNR Wildlife Program Access and Acquisition Coordinator Report to the Hawaii County Game Management Advisory Commission dated August 2013.  Keamoku – Meeing with the PTA Commander Col. Schwedo is scheduled for September 12, 2013 to discuss the next steps for addressing enforcement of management issues for public hunting at Keamoku. It seems unlikely that the military will commit to a dedicated long-term GMA agreement as the military needs to ensure unrestricted access to the training areas. However, DOFAW will continue to work to ensure that some level of access and public hunting is maintained, much like the present informal arrangements today. 5