2017-06-27 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting Minutes – June 27, 2017 TL: Those steps are required pretty much on any gun range – is that correct? JO: Yes. TL: We are waiting for council to inform us when the resolution will be heard. I would like to get as many people from the community to support our efforts. th 2. Update of USFWS meeting of June 19, 2017, with GMAC and State Commission member present TL: We (Nani, Ike and myself) had a meeting with – Ryan Kohatsu,Member, State Commission, Michelle Bogardus and Domingo Cravalho from US Fish and Wildlife Service. The purpose of the meeting was to open up communications between the hunting community and the US Fish and Wildlife Service in order to better facilitate our activities with them and find out when we can get support with them – to find out a little bit more about what the Fish and Wildlife Service – what their thoughts were about some of the programs that we’re working on and we kind of got off into two different discussions and topics there. Nani please share your thoughts with us – what you gained from that? NP: Most of all it was to establish communication – good relationships and I think we definitely did that – it was really nice – they flew in and just to have lunch with us, you know, it was full of pleasantries – I didn’t say what I really wanted to say but they were very nice and cooperative. They gave us their phone numbers – personal numbers to call them for any questions and continue a close relationship with them – so I would say that was the main thing we got out of it which was good. TL: Ike you had some poignant comments for the Fish and Wildlife Service while we were there – you want to share some of those? DY: No. TL: They are well aware of our frustration with the Fish and Wildlife Service and they say that they want to work with us in trying to overcome some of those frustrations. I was appreciative of the effort they made to meet with us. Ryan would you like to contribute anything from the meeting? RK: There was one discussion - I think they make – do not quote me on this – they’re gonna make their own public release on it and all but there was a talk about their programmatic EIS and potentially withdrawing from the programmatic EIS for their rodenticide project but not totally withdrawing from the project itself, just the programmatic EIS side of it so – I think that’s the only thing – but don’t take my word for it. 22