2018-01-29 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting Minutes – January 29, 2018 going on I don’t know but he was fairly interested in that. The other thing – I brought to his attention was fire ants. In 1928 I believe it was in \[unclear\] Leopold’s book, which Tom has a copy of sitting up there – it’s a book on game management – he found that the quail population in Georgia took a 12% down turn and he attributed that to fire ants. The ants get in the nests and as soon as the egg’s pip they go down inside the shell and take out the young ones. Dr. Banko did not expect that the ants had gotten that high an altitude – but he did know. TL: Are there any other questions from anybody out there? DY: All of these conclusions that you’ve come to and the proposed action – they’re developed from those 70 some odd reports that you read and is your report available to us? RH: I could get them to you... Would you like all 73? DY: If you could send it to Tom... TL: I have it. Will make you a copy. DY: And that’s good. I would like to make a proposal that we just send the findings to the Council and the Mayor and advise them that we join Mr. Hoeflinger and his proposal – that’s my suggestion... TL: That’s a motion? The motion is we take Hoeflinger’s proposal to the Mayor and to the County Council as an action item for us? DY: And maybe even the DLNR... TL: And the DLNR, right... OK. All good? All in favor? \[The ayes have it\] Anybody in Kona? J: Since we’re talking about studies – there was a study done by, I think it was Griffin...about thirty years ago. \[Unclear as WJC spoke over him\] and his conclusion was that 80% of most stomachs that they analyzed on the sheep was noxious weeds. That there were trace elements of mamane in some and up to 20% in others, but that’s a study that was made a long time ago. WJC: Thank you. 12