2017-08-22 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting Minutes – August 22, 2017 TL: But you’ve had other HCPs done in six months. KS: But it’s never the state asking the state. We are the state asking ourselves for a permit to take endangered species. Other HCPs are a private entity that wants to do some project and so they’re gonna put all this money behind themselves and they’re gonna do their mitigation and any – an HCP that’s only gonna take six months is probably – I cannot say that I know – but it’s probably gonna be some HCP that’s very small. Of this there’s a real large scale – this – I don’t know but this might be the largest scale HCP that we have in the state as well. So that’s why it’s taken so long. You can... TN: In the enclosed areas do you know how much replanting has been done so far and what is that status? KS: I don’t know. I would have to ask Elliot or Edith. But, like I said, just visually, it’s been pretty successful, so, I’m sorry... TN: When you say “successful” – when you’re saying successful what are you looking at? KS: Forest regeneration so - mamane, koa and other native forest species coming back and growing successfully. TN: So are you saying the planting of the koas several years back are not at what height? KS: Oh, the ones on the hill – on the puu – are – you know how tall those ones are? They’re thirty or forty feet on the puu and... TN: And those were planted by the conservationists? Or were those the existing ones? KS: No, they were planted – they were not existing – they were, for sure, planted and all the koa that’s on top of the puu had been planted. TN: Has the bird population increased in the fenced area? KS: The native bird population? TN: The bird population, yes... KS: I don’t know... Sorry, I don’t think so. I don’t think it’s gone down but I don’t think it’s necessarily increased either. TN: OK. Thank you. 26