2018-07-02 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting Minutes – July 2, 2018 national park – Hawaii Volcanoes. The first lands to be acquired for the park were described to the western world in 1832 – that – by Reverend William Ellis. He described them as a sacred place where Hawaiians rarely ventured. Remember that in 1932 that was just 42 years after the explosion event – similar to what we are having right now – that killed many of Keoua’s army as they were overcome by an ash laden cloud as they departed the summit towards Kau. Kilauea is a place for the akua. As we know today and understand that the summits of our mountains are sacred places – the summit of Kilauea is the home of Pele-honua-mea and is considered the piko of the earth. th So 19 century Hawaii was – at the time of this drawing was made in 1887 – under the rule of Kamehameha descendents Hawaii was a kingdom. This drawing is from the Volcano House guest book – the hotel was located at the summit and over the years hosted various individuals including kings and queens of Hawaii. Others of important from Hawaii and around the world. th Popularity and travel in the 19 century was – century and events that occurred – that we occurring in other parts of the world – for example – Krakatoa was eruption in 1883 – the U.S. Exploring Expedition that was in the Pacific and stopped off in Hawaii to map Mauna Loa and other various places in the Pacific helped to make Hawaii and Kilauea specifically, a tourist destination. Eventually, the inevitable would happen that that was that Kilauea Volcano became a focal point for many who journeyed here from all points of the compass – so popular as it became – the suggestion of making it a national park seemed to be the next best thing to preserve such a wonderful th place. So by the end of the 19 century a combination of visitor interest, scientific enquiry and prominent government and non-governmental individuals were – worked together to solidify a vision that became Hawaii National Park. Now in this map of the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, as we know it today, the National Park Service manages 330,000 acres of land in two districts of Hawaii Island: Puna and Kau. The boundaries include 13 ahupuaa and one ili. However, in the beginning – in 1916 – the Park started with considerably fewer acres. So who was the scientist involved in establishing the Park? TL: When it first did get – how many acres were there on the initial. LS: I’m coming to that, as we come to it. So who was the scientist involved in establishing the park – who is the prominent non-Hawaiian businessman but born in Hawaii. Who were the government officials? So we have Thomas Jagger, we have Lorrin Thurston, Hawaii Territorial Governor Walter Frear, Prince of Hawaii, oh, Prince of the Hawaiian Kingdom and Representative to the U.S. Congress – John Kuhio Kalanianiole. These four were linked out of necessity and took park in creating the vision of what was not Hawaii National Park. Public support, scientific interest, and the visitor interest were the 3