2017-08-22 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting Minutes – August 22, 2017 going in the forest, well, that came out that it was because they took refuge there from predators: wild dogs and I don’t know – maybe it could be a thick forested area could plant for them – I don’t know. KS: What you’re talking about is really important in the areas where you see them hanging out with all those dots are all areas where there’s good forest cover – better forest cover. So creating more cover, yeah, sorry, I should have said that. You can’t create more space but you can create more cover. So that is written into the plan. TL: What are you gonna be using for cover? KS: It’s in the plan. We wrote in there – Hawaii invasive weeds risk assessment or something like that. I know the guy that does it, it’s a real in depth literature review of plants that are not native and what their risk of becoming weeds are so mostly, we want to use native plants cause then we don’t really have any restrictions or worries about native plants but the native trees don’t grow as quickly, right, so anything we want to use that’s not native would fall on that weed risk assessment as basically as a one or less than a one – meaning that they’re not – wouldn’t be prone to being to invade an area – so that’s house we wrote it. I didn’t specifically say I want to use this plant, this plant and this plant – cause we want to be able to chose, you know, we don’t just restrict ourselves, so, it’s pretty vague on ;what we decide to use or not. TL: We had suggested – this is back in 2007 – talking about some of, you know, rubbish trees just to get cover and I got a universal, oh, no, no can and maybe you could use kukui nut or something like that which is kind of fast-growing, I guess, by comparison but... KS: It’s -from talking to that – his name is Chuck and I don’t remember his last name but – if the plant is already in the area it’s pretty easy for us to justify using it but if it’s not like a rubber tree – there’s no rubber trees out there – it would be harder for us to try to bring something like that in, yeah. TL: Well, planting in that area, though, you’re not restricted to having to deal primarily with native – you could... KS: The way it’s written in the plan – no – I don’t want to be restricted only to them. Oh, did you print it and bring it? \[Unclear\], cause I gave it to you. Oh, somebody came prepared, I thought. WC: Hang on, Teresa. TS: Oh, I’m sorry, this is Tony Sylvester. I wanted to know what the penalties for poaching right now - the guys that get caught? 23