2013-09-23 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting Minutes – September 23, 2013 Remove all invasive \[unclear\] animals from priority 1 and priority 2 areas. That’s that entire red and mustard area that’s the entire island. Chair Sylvester: Is this like a wish list for future, for next 100 years or is that inevitably what we’re approaching. Mr. Aila: It’s the 10 year plan. Chair Sylvester: The 10 year plan is only 5% or 10% of this but eventually it’s going to be all that. I mean if you guys had the money and the manpower is it a go now or just 10%. Mr. Aila: That’s the plan right now \[unclear\] Fish and Wildlife Service in some of those areas – some of that can change. Man: \[Unclear\] they don’t want any ungulates in our forest. Man: No. I mean there are plenty other areas in that forest that probably \[unclear\]. Man: \[Unclear\] the priority of that plan is to remove the ungulates. Mr. Aila: Part of the plan is – to remove ungulates isn’t the only part of the plan. Removing invasive species is part of the plan. In some cases, replanting, reforesting natives is also part of the plan. W. Camara: But removing ungulates is the #1 \[unclear\] in your plan. Mr. Aila: Yes. W. Camara: If I may… \[Unclear\] and I showed you this and you told me this was just a draft. Is it still a draft? Because it hasn’t changed since… Mr. Aila: It’s a plan that can only go as far and quick as funding becomes available. W. Camara: So it’s a plan, not a draft? \[Group discussion\] T. Lodge: Being that a watershed plan is through with all of the ungulates – do you think it’s not important that we start focusing immediately on other areas that we can start preparing the areas for ungulates – we have a game management area in Pu’u Wa’awa’a right now which nothing is being done with over the years… We have other areas that haven’t been addressed. \[tape disturbance\] 6