2014-09-15 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting Minutes – September 15, 2014 County of Hawaii period. Not the State of Hawaii because then when you State of Hawaii you mean Kauai, Maui, Molokai, Lanai. But every State Hawaiian island has their issues. Such questions as checking licenses, we are asked those questions. We are fortunate to have Lisa Hadway here to address those questions. But, we have to put it on an agenda. Well let’s have that already in place so we can put ‘em on the agenda and tackle it one at a time, so when they see the agenda, they see what it’s about, hey this is the questions I was asking about, Tree Planting Road opening up, license not being checked. What district brought that up? Our job is to find the right people, whether it’s Lisa (Hadway), whether it’s enforcement, whether it’s Bishop Estate, etc. But we funnel all down through the state, because it’s the state holding. Chair Lodge: Let me ask a question of Lisa (Hadway). Kalani has a question let’s say from Kau. There’s no problem with him just picking up the phone and calling you or Steve, is there? L. Hadway: No, not at all. I would encourage it and then, for sure we can try and find the right people to try and figure it out and I think that would probably get some of these questions answered cause we don’t always know, you know, whether we’re gonna be addressing the questions that come up, when they come up at the meeting if we don’t quite know what they are beforehand, it would be probably more expeditious to make sure you – more than welcome to get in touch with us. Chair Lodge: Cause I think it covers some – if we as a commission have to address a specific item, where he could just pick up the phone and say, hey, you know, we have this issue, or what about this be and, you know, I think can resolve that, you know, with his own community right on the spot. If it evolves into a bigger issue that’s something that the Commission can then involve themselves without \[unclear\]. D. Wamar: This is Dustin Wamar. What is the time frame that you guys think you guys will be having a state commission put together? Chair Lodge: That’s going to be up to the legislature. We’re going to address that a little bit later in the meeting tonight. D. Wamar: Well, getting back to a game management plan once there’s a state commission formed, I think that’s the time to attack game management because, like you said yourself, at the state level, you have the authority to make rules or change rules, stuff like that, right? I thought the county level is at the mercy of these state level officials and it still can be manipulated no matter how much suggestions we make and everything like that, everything is still somehow manipulated at the state level, so, unless my suggestions regarding this game management plan… 10