2018-09-24 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting Minutes – September 24, 2018 AA: Well, one is like ribboning, right, just grab one surveyor pink, blue, whatever color that you chose to use – that would be one way. The other way is just not to touch the ohia tree itself. There’s other foliage around, I suppose, that you can mark other foliages that is not in such crisis. But even that – bringing that education, you know, how much of hunters and gatherers actually know what’s in the forest, OK, like what is invasive and what is endangered, too, ah? So it’s all part – now that’s like one of my main focuses is education – education, education, education because how much education is there out there? Like is DOFAW going out during the week or during the weekends – are you guys giving up your guys’ time and staying outside of the kiosk like half the day or like early in the morning when the hunters are going out or in the middle of the day when the hunters are coming out from the forest and giving them education. I don’t see one DOFAW person there. Only on the work hours. SB: OK. Thank you. KM: Excuse me, but I’d like to make a point of that blazing. The old time hunters would use that method instead of putting a ribbon... TN: Excuse me, but could you state your name please? KM: Ah, Kino Meno... TN: Thank you. KM: They would blaze because they didn’t want other hunters to know their trail but using ribbons. When you put ribbons on there everyone can see that. So I would just like to make that point of why blazing was done back then. ?: Blazing is the wrong word because sounds like fire. Maybe that’s why Theresa kind of – you know blazing may be the wrong word. Maybe scuffing the tree or marking the tree and that but... SB: When it’s pounding rain you don’t really think about that, but, yeah... ?: ....just may be wrong choice or words. ?: Yeah. TN: Excuse me, this is Theresa... The hunters that I know they mark their trails because they’re cutting trails. I’ve not known them to cut the trees in any way, shape or form so, you know, it’s a surprise to me that hunters would do this cause when you have to make your own trail, it’s the ground you’re looking for and then, you know, if you’ve had any education, whether it came from your 12