2017-06-27 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting Minutes – June 27, 2017 TL: On that programmatic EIS Joey or Jim do you guys have anything you can add on that – do you know anything about that? TN: What are you referring to? TL: The rodenticide project up at Pohakuloa. Since DOFAW is here who are also involved in that they may have some information for us. TN: OK. But Tom – clarification – at this meeting it was just you and Nani? Was there another commission member? TL: There was myself, Nani, and Ike was with us and Ryan Kohatsu from the state was with us. JK: Can I ask something here because Teresa had asked about the programmatic EIS discussed at this meeting you guys had... OK. Just to make it clear. JC: I can just confirm that Fish and Wildlife Service are reviewing exactly how they’re gonna go forward with the programmatic EIS and it looks like they’re gonna not do a programmatic EIS per se – but instead publish what has been done as just the tool blocks of potential ways of dealing with these different small pests and predators. TN: I’m sorry – please explain that – that sounded too technical for me. JC: Well the programmatic EIS is a technical document that describes different strategies and tools that you can use to get rid of small rodents and mongoose. And it just goes through all the options you have and some of the plus benefits and some of the pros and cons of using these different techniques and what you need to – what situations are better for certain techniques, I mean, it’s just a technical document that explains that. And that’s what they’re gonna use it as rather than trying to push forward as a full programmatic EIS. Sounds like they are gonna do that and they’ll make their own announcement when they’re ready. TL: Thank you. 23