Senator Mike Gabbard has announced that he is to request $330,000 next legislative session for the purposes of having research be conducted to provide findings as to whether or not the Pueo actually needs additional habitat to survive.
If the legislation were to pass, and the research conducted, it would not be until 2019 that any legislative action could take effect in which to render relief to the Pueo in 2020.
It is obvious Senator Gabbard has not read any of the existing reasons identified by the Department of Land and Natural Resources as the cause for the specie to be listed as endangered and in peril on Oahu. DLNR has already concluded the Pueo is in dire need of additional protected habitat- without question, a statement of fact.
Therefore, Senator Gabbard's request for additional studies to take place is a ruse- a guise to delay the true relief and recourse that is owed and overdue to the Pueo now.
The Pueo are occupying the University of Hawaii West Oahu Campus today - relief is past due to the species according to law currently as is. That relief is not owed years from now when it will be too late and the habitat remaining destroyed as is the desire and plan being orchestrated by Senator Gabbard.
(Senator Mike Gabbard is Chair of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Environment.)
The matter of saving the Pueo in the future, will become moot if Senator Gabbard gets his way. Please contact Senator Gabbard and request he direct the $330,000 toward a Pueo Preserve @ UHWO.
Over 300 acres is up for lease that is owned by the State of Hawaii at UHWO. That acreage is slated for commercial and housing development. In contrast, it would be more advantageous to lease a portion of the land to the Pueo instead. Acreage is available to provide the Pueo with a sanctuary in which to serve the campus as an outdoor classroom.
Biology students could earn a doctorate in environmental (protection/endangered species remediation) law to study the endangered bird right on campus- value? Priceless.
The Pueo Laboratory at UHWO as proposed by some in the community is warranted, justified, and the right thing to do with the property. See the map attached- the solution for that win win for all.
PUEO VIDEO : Recorded @ UHWO September 2017
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From "The Real Project Pueo Team"
Oct 23 (2 days ago)
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