2018-11-13 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting Minutes – November 13, 2018 KS: Yup. NP: OK – so should we move on? So the last time we talked to you there was more fencing going in and some fencing was still yet to be completed to protect endangered species so the game were all being chased out, hunted out, eradicated – the fences enclosed – and so it seemed to us that those areas getting fenced were actually prime habitat for the game and so you were doing rump-fat tests and blood tests and fertility tests – and so have you don’t any since the animals have been further fenced out of their prime habitat? KS: So the fences that you’re talking about are not closed yet – so the animals are still in there – we haven’t finished – the fence is not finished and we haven’t done any actions to remove animals from there and so we’re not there where you kinda thought – I guess you’re thinking we are in terms of removing animals... TN: What area are you talking about up Puuwaawaa or Puuanahulu? Makai? Mauka? KS: I’m assuming you’re talking about the area near – Puuwaawaa mauka in there – it’s Henahena – there’s another fencing they’re putting in called Aiea – it’s all kind of below the Poohoohoo Reservoir. NP: Right, you’d given us... TN: So this is the below area above the highway. KS: It’s above the highway – it’s above the hill kind of Kona side but it’s – it kinda – it basically is an extension of the forest bird sanctuary makai – so you’re going from the forest bird sanctuary... TN: How many acres? KS: Ah, the Henahena I think was 800 acres – Aiea I don’t remember – a couple hundred. TN: And the endangered species they’re protecting there are? KS: There’s fifteen plant species some – ‘aiea is one of ‘em – there’s a bunch of others – I don’t know them all off the top of my head. TN: Wiliwili? KS: Wiliwili is not an endangered species? 13