2018-11-13 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting Minutes – November 13, 2018 JM: Well, we started a little bit of it back then, yeah, you were one of the guys up there – now – probably, like Kanalu said – mowing is – I mean, there are some areas that we can mow and there’s some of those old wind rows that they did way up mauka in the Area G – that we might be able to get back into and mow if it’s not too rough but, you know, it remains to be seen – got to have the man power and they time to get up there and see ‘em. For the record, while we’re on it – those game bird surveys – while we haven’t – we don’t know the full results yet but we did similar game bird surveys just before that in Kapapala and we’re trying to make the same kinds of comparisons and see how Mauna Kea and Kapapala are similar – how they’re different – and then continue in subsequent years and that’s when we’re gonna have results – right? The first year is really not gonna tell us anything – it just gives us a baseline – in fact it’ll take a couple of years to really get a baseline and several more years to follow up. We’re also doing – while on the subject – we’re doing some land clearing, ah, not clearing but mowing – mowing with a big mulcher in Kapapala to try to – the same thing – primarily right now it’s so that hunters can get in and get to where what birds are out there are and then hopefully down the line that helps the birds as well and helps the bird population. S: I heard today from somebody that the Kapapala – the birds is coming out. They getting success there. JM: Yeah. I would have to mimic what Kanalu said – my initial feeling is that this is probably going to be a little better of a year – if not – probably not substantially better but a little better than the last three years cause it follows similar patterns to Mauna Kea. Kapapala has always had lower numbers but the dedicated guys that go out there still like going out there and so the numbers are generally parallel just like one notch below what Mauna and Kaohe is like. S: Thank you... TN: Do you folks have fire break plans in your plans cause you can do fire breaks, right? KS: Yes. TN: So wouldn’t that be part of your plan to put in fire breaks in these areas so lessened the damage of a fire? KS: We don’t really have plans to add fire breaks – we have fire breaks already and so the plans are to maintain what’s already there. TN: Do you have plans to just install more fire breaks in sections? 27