BREAKING NEWS ON HO'OPILI : DLNR SECRETLY VOIDS PUEO COUNTS IN URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY FOR PROJECT CITIZEN PUEO PROJECT
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Apr 24 (3 days ago)
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ALOHA to Those Being Paid to Orchestrate, Monitor, and Conduct an Islandwide Survey of Pueo on Oahu:
Question- on your own accord, will your PUEO HUI (team conducting inventory/Pueo Survey)
be traversing Ho'opili property IN THE SEARCH TO QUANTIFY PUEO PRESENCE THERE?
I HAVE ASKED THIS QUESTION OVER AND OVER AND GET NO direct yes or no RESPONSE.
If you are to apply science, standards, and true inventory practices throughout to be thorough,
to determine the presence of Pueo on Oahu, you must include Ho'opili-
Otherwise, if you omit Ho'opili from your search (and avoid UHWO, DHHL properties as well), your inventory will be forever known as being severely/grossly negligent - not just flawed, but dishonest at that.
Ho'opili is private property at 1,550 acres of which is prime Pueo habitat - and this property is still teaming with Pueo, Stilts, Bats, Coots, and Hawaiian Ducks- these endangered birds have all been omitted, dismissed, and ignored /deemed non-existent during the corrupted and fraudulent EIS undertaken for the property - of which property now, is about to be paved over in cement in totality- except for a few community tomato patches the size of a tennis court.
So DLNR- where are the ducks, stilts, coots, bats, pueo being extirpated by Ho'opili development supposed to go?
YOU AT DLNR FAILED TO PROVIDE THESE ENDANGERED BIRDS ONE BLADE OF GRASS- gave them nothing- zilch- no Habitat Conservation Plan. Why? How can you be so incompetent?
Are you going to search for Pueo on Ho'opili property-
on your own accord before the cement gets poured, yes or no?
Are you going to search for Pueo in and on and within
the Urban Growth Boundary of which lands are slated for development
on the Ewa Plain, yes or no?
Remember now, many have videos of these endangered birds on these properties you are avoiding. History will/has/does peg you as con artists in your profession - why- answer lies in the facts that you have failed to protect endangered birds on the basis and grounds that these birds are on property to be developed.....that's why.
Waiting for your answers- mahalo.New Video: THE URGENCY TO SAVE UHWO PROPERTY FOR A PUEO PRESERVE
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HeadsUp Dr. Cotin- the one performing /contracted to execute the islandwide Pueo survey on Oahu-
Did you know that the Pueo depend upon and use heavily the 300 acres of "excess property" at UHWO (owned by the State) for the Pueo to survive within the Honouliuli Ahupua'a- ?
If the development proceeds upon these 300 acres (of prime Pueo foraging, courting, mating, nesting, sleeping grounds) as planned at UHWO, you can kiss the Pueo goodbye and any attempt at restoring its numbers will have become moot on the Ewa Plain- possibly for all of Oahu's Pueo/for they, the Pueo, need to rotate plots when food becomes available at various times of the seasons so as to not deplete their foodstuffs at any one place. Smart bird.
Hence- the Pueo needs vast acreage of open range, and lots of it- and UHWO has that feature still intact to serve the Pueo.
Yet, in contrast, what we have going on here- is the:
Extirpation of Pueo Project on the Ewa Plain by Hawaii's State Legislature, State Land Use Commission, Planning Commission, Governor, Mayor and City Council of Honolulu, UH Board of Regents, State Supreme Court, USFWS, and DLNR respectively.
VIDEO 4.22.2017
Cued to watch TEN SECOND climax- click on link pasted here:
Tom Berg (to see Pueo at same place @ UHWO as the Barn Owls occupy- simply youtube search: PUEO UHWO- and dozens of Pueo videos will become available for your reference).
UH MANOA Response: Re: Pueo project citizen science launch!
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Dear Dr. Price,
Mahalo for your response and encouragement to participate by sharing Pueo sightings on your website.
(Photo above- our Ho'opili Pueo)
Sorry to be so caustic - you don't deserve this - but here it goes, in advance- please forgive me for being so crass/rude-
HISTORY
When the listed as endangered Red Ilima plant was discovered on the Ewa Plain, it resulted in a Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) for the plant- for it, the plant, could not fly away, like the Pueo does -
This grounding gave the plant a dedicated 18 acres, and additional land specific for three outcroppings. Incidental Take Permits were issued to remove the nine Red Ilima plants that were within the right of way of the North South Road (later named, Kualaka`i Parkway)- if memory serves me right.
Question- why then, when the endangered Pueo was and still is observed on the same plots of land as the Red Ilima was discovered, the Pueo gets nothing?
What is the purpose and point of your website of which if it yields Pueo sightings, your entity and the DLNR refuse to react and treat the Pueo like "you" (gov't/UH System) did the Red Ilima and initiate a HCP for the Pueo?
Are you to exercise requests for Incidental Take Permits for properties whereby it is imminent that such current Pueo territory is to be destroyed? The very habitat where the Pueo are observed in Ewa, are now fallow ag lands, and are to be developed. What's your stance- we got Pueo there!
Will your PROJECT follow the law and call for the temporary stopping of the development so the Pueo can be addressed- if you see the Pueo where I say they are?
Will Pueo sightings on Ho'opili property temporarily stop the development project- yes or no? Otherwise, if you refuse to answer this simple question- what's the point?
I can't provide video evidence right now on Ho'opili as I can for UHWO because the property owner at Ho'opili is busy cutting every tree down in the gulches and stream areas to make certain that bird cannot survive there anymore- a deliberate rush to plow under and cut all grasslands once fallow for over a decade, that the Pueo uses today- it is a race for the owner of Ho'opili (1,550 acres of prime ag lands) to eradicate that bird's habitat as quickly as possible so as to avoid any "interference" by endangered bird lovers.
Not one inch of land or blade of grass is to be given to Pueo habitat at UHWO's 300 acres of excess land to be leased for commercial and housing tracts and Ho'opili's 1,550 acres when all the while, we have concrete evidence the Pueo is there- why is this fact of Pueo habitation in the Urban Growth Boundary being overlooked by authorities?
The Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for Ho'opili and UHWO properties both illustrated, that the Pueo historically utilized such lands- but that during the few hours the EIS Inventory was conducted, the reports for both concluded findings that no Pueo are/were present- no Pueo at, and on, or within the two properties in totality during those few hours of search in the EIS Inventory -
Of course, of course you are not going to see the Pueo emerge if you only look for a few hours on hundreds of acres as they did for the FEIS- and remember now, they (UHWO/Ho'opili owners) never looked for Pueo at night/sunset when the Pueo is out foraging for all to witness.
Obviously, from my research, I can refute and counter the FEIS as executed for each property to be seriously flawed. We got Coots, Hawaiian Ducks, Stilts, and Bats in addition to the Pueo still here in Ewa - but these beings were ignored and purposely overlooked by the Inventory Contractor(s) performing the EIS's -----for their paychecks came from the owners of the property- can you say, "Conflict of interests?"
No property owner wanted their contractor performing the EIS's to be truthful and admit these endangered birds are there- this is a fact- for these birds are there- how do you refute my video evidence?
POINT:
By definition of Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS), if the Pueo -as listed as endangered on Oahu - were to be observed on such said property after the FEIS was recorded- of which is called a "NEW CONDITION"- DLNR is to my understanding of HRS, to order an amended FEIS be undertaken and request the property owner conduct a Supplemental FEIS (SEIS).
It appears, your activities at the University are condoning and enabling the noncompliance to HRS in which when such said Pueo sightings are brought to DLNR's attention (especially if the land is State property) - DLNR is to supposed to act to protect and preserve the Pueo where found.....but DLNR is doing nothing at UHWO/State land to defend that bird.
So what is the point of your actions- is it to receive info via a website on Pueo habitation- why?
Really, why? When the results are, the Pueo, if brought to your attention that the Pueo are on land slated for development- you sit idle, do nothing, and breach HRS/Rule of Law that stands to protect the Pueo where found....you stopped defending that bird- why?
If your University's Pueo Hui were to follow the law- you would be taking action on the already proof we have on the Pueo right here in Ewa to protect them with a HCP- but nothing has been done....nothing.....the law is not being followed by this Governor and his Administration- and let me include the Mayor and City Council too- noncompliance.
I will gladly take any of your personnel to the sites where there are Pueo - but you have to then follow the law- and respond by acting appropriately - in accordance to the law, and place a REQUEST for a Supplemental EIS at these properties where you too, will see the Pueo.
See our Ho'opili Pueo utilize the rail corridor/Transit Oriented Development plots and parcels in "East Kapolei" @ UHWO ----photo (taken by me) pasted below for evidence our State government/City/University, is corrupt as hell - not following the law that is meant to protect the Pueo.
Video sample- STATE LAND:
Mahalo
Tom Berg
On Saturday, April 22, 2017, 9:49:03 AM HAST, Melissa Price <pricemel@hawaii.edu> wrote:
Thank you Tom,
We are looking forward to beginning this project. Would you be so kind as to report any sightings to the website? This provides us with a record for our study.
Thank you for your interest in the Pueo!
Kind regards,
Melissa Price
On Sat, Apr 22, 2017 at 8:01 AM, Tom Berg <tomberg00@yahoo.com> wrote:
Headsup- please read below.MahaloTom BergStop The Extirpation of Pueo @ Honouliuli Ahupua'aFrom: Tom Berg <tomberg00@yahoo.com>To: Siddiqi, Afsheen A <afsheen.a.siddiqi@hawaii.gov> ; DLNR. CO. PublicDLNR <dlnr@hawaii.gov>; Office of the Ombudsman <officeoftheombudsman@ ombudsman.hawaii.gov>;complaints@ombudsman.hawaii. gov <complaints@ombudsman.hawaii. gov>Cc: jcotin@hawaii.edu <jcotin@hawaii.edu>; David G. Smith <david.g.smith@hawaii.gov>; Jenny Hoskins <jenny_hoskins@fws.gov>; center@biologicaldiversity.org <center@biologicaldiversity. org>; Loyal Mehrhoff <lmehrhoff@ biologicaldiversity.org>; Karen Luke <nahele@yahoo.com>; media@audubon.org <media@audubon.org>; Agatha Szczepaniak <aszczepaniak@audubon.org>; Marjorie Ziegler <mz@conservehi.org>; Denby Fawcett <denbyfawcett@gmail.com>; Catherine Cruz <ccruz@kitv.com>; Catherine Cruz <catherinecruz@kitv.com>; Princess Kawananakoa Foundation <apio@hawaii.rr.com>; Prince Kuhio Hawaiian Civic Club <pkhcc64@gmail.com>; Sheila Conant <conant@hawaii.edu>; Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs <aloha@aohcc.org>;media@earthjustice.org <media@earthjustice.org>; KAHEA: The Hawaiian-Environmental Alliance <laurelmei@gmail.com>; Panos Prevedouros <panos.prevedouros@gmail.com>; Betsy Merritt <emerritt@savingplaces.org>; Ben Cayetano <bjcayetano@aol.com>; Eric Seitz <eseitzatty@yahoo.com>Sent: Saturday, April 22, 2017, 4:58:02 AM HASTSubject: URGENT: Is Ho'opili Included? Re: Pueo project citizen science launch!Can you say, "Disingenuous?"Dear Ms. Afsheen Siddiqi and your ilk at DLNR & USFWS-You have been provided video recordings of the Pueo for two solid years - proving that this very Pueo inhabits private property @ Ho'opili - on 1,550 acres zoned ag that was reclassified to urban in the summer of 2015.Prior to 2015, hundreds of witnesses can claim they have seen the Pueo on Ho'opili's agricultural property- many testified at LUC hearings to establish such for the record but the vote by the LUC was to dismiss the Pueo and ignore its presence - your response was too, to ignore all Pueo sightings that utilized this agricultural property.Currently, to prove the Pueo does use Ho'opili property- I have had to trace its flights from Ho'opili of which property I cannot access- for it is private property- and follow the Pueo from Ho'opili to UHWO property where I can film it at UHWO without much fear of being caught for trespassing, as of yet.I follow the Ho'opili Pueo to UHWO and to prove such- have provided you directly, with over two-dozen separate sightings all caught on video of this very Pueo that goes back and forth from Ho'opili to UHWO.My first video of the Pueo was taken on September 27, 2015, sent to you, and the latest sightings recorded on April 17, 2017, also sent to you. In between, some two-dozen video recordings from sightings were provided directly to you and your office- however, you failed to act.You failed to respond to all two-dozen plus RECORDED sightings- ignored them completely.Thus, one can only deduce your motives are slanted, biased, corrupted, and wrought with ill will/faulty. The UH Pueo website one big ruse to pretend you give a hoot.Your refusal to acknowledge the Pueo within the Urban Growth Boundary on Oahu says it all about your website and actions which are a total disgrace and disservice to the plight of the Pueo in peril- Pueo in crisis in Ewa.The Pueo needs your DLNR protection on Oahu - but the DLNR is guilty of playing politics.You Ms. Afsheen Siddiqi, have the power and authorityto order an amended EIS for Ho'opili and UHWO for the presenceof the NEW CONDITION (Pueo) on property- but you look the other way.......are you too, bought off, or simply a coward to do your job?I have repeatedly sent you a list of the videos- over two-dozen of the Pueo- no barn owls- pure Pueo......and zilch out of your office.UHWO has a Vice Chancellor who has a Pueo Website too- and asks all to send in their sightings- well, I did, and UHWO to this day, says no Pueo have been sighted on its campus.....really?Are you in on this scam too, DLNR? For the University of Hawaii @ Manoa is fully aware they have Pueo at UHWO, but are ignoring this fact and playing politics with this bird's existence. Shame on UH! Shame on DLNR! Shame on USFWS! For shame!FACTS are FACTS.Tom BergEwa Beach; Oahu----- Forwarded Message -----From: Siddiqi, Afsheen A <afsheen.a.siddiqi@hawaii.gov>To: Siddiqi, Afsheen A <afsheen.a.siddiqi@hawaii.gov>Sent: Friday, April 21, 2017, 12:08:49 PM HASTSubject: Pueo project citizen science launch!Aloha,We are pleased to announce the launching of our new project website www.pueoproject.com.The Pueo Project is a collaboration with the University of Hawaii at Manoa, with support from the State of Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources Division of Forestry and Wildlife. Our project investigates the population size, distribution and habitat use of Hawaiian Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus sandwichensis) or Pueo on the island of Oahu, Hawaii.Our goal with this new website is to provide information about the project and the owl species inhabiting the Hawaiian archipelago, but, most importantly, to seek the help of citizen scientist. Please help by reporting sightings through our website, and help us by participating in organized surveys and use photography to document behaviors, breeding phenology, prey items and more. If you are interested in becoming a citizen scientist you may review the Volunteer Information and begin your path as citizen scientist!For any questions, suggestions, feedback or comments, please feel free to contact us.Thank You!The Pueo Project TeamFor Facebook / Twitter!Have you seen a Pueo or Hawaiian Short-eared Owl? Report sightings and learn more about the project at our new website www.pueoproject.com
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