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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting <br />Minutes – February 12, 2019 <br /> <br /> <br />Department of Forestry and Wildlife <br /> <br />BKK: Next, Department of Forestry & Wildlife – Mr. Ian Cole – I’d like to transfer this <br />over to Nani. <br /> <br />NP: Ian Cole – he is our new Department of Forestry & Wildlife – Wildlife Biologist. <br />We had Joey Mello – you can come up if you would please – thank you so <br />much. We had Joey Mello with us for a long time and he was so great and we <br />had a good relationship with him – we miss him – but now we’re hoping to <br />have the same with you, Ian, and get to k now you a little bit and some of us <br />have some questions. <br /> <br />IC: My name is Ian Cole – I work with the DLNR – Division of Forestry & Wildlife <br />– I’m a wildlife biologist in East Hawaii and I’m not currently assigned to Joey <br />Mello used to be the wildlife manager – who retired in January – myself and <br />one of the other biologists in the office have been alternating for the <br />temporary assignment until they fill Joey’s East Hawaii Wildlife Manager <br />position. <br /> <br /> I’m a full time biologist – I’ve been at the Wildlife Section for a couple of years <br />now at East Hawaii. <br /> <br />IC: I’m just a temporary for East Hawaii – we’re just switching back and forth <br />doing the manager’s position – Joey’s old job. <br /> <br />NP: I appreciate you coming because I know though fires have been a thing that <br />you’ve been busy fighting the fires on Saddle Road? <br /> <br /> Could you give us an update on the fire? <br /> <br />IC: The fire is contained – there was some decent moisture on Saturday night – <br />those winds came but fortunately it was pretty cold and some high humidity <br />so the fire breaks that we had installed earlier in the week held the fire and <br />then Sunday night there was some good moisture so they checked the fire – <br />and they’re still checking the fire – but they pulled the resources off on <br />Monday. <br /> <br />NP: Do they know how the fire was started? <br /> <br />IC: The first report from Blue Hawaii that I think saw the smoke saw a tent so <br />they think somebody was camping just outside of the fence in the Humuula <br />Section of DHHL – if you’re familiar with that piece. <br /> <br />8 <br /> <br /> <br />