Vol VII No. 767 - Part 2 - Pueo

Comments: Cultural Impact Assessment UHWO Mauka 80-acre Solar Farm Important according to Google magic. Click to teach Gmail this conversation is not important. Inbox x Tom Berg Mon, Aug 19, 8:03 AM (5 days ago) to ktanaka@culturalsurveys.com, Clare, kaiim@oha.org, Ikaika, Lei, Ph.D., kaim@oha.com, Lei, Hulu, Dan, Colette, hulu@oha.org, Robert, Kamana‘opono, John, Aulani, Leona, Peter, Teresa, Jerome, Lisa, Lauren, Momilani, Anita, chadl@oha.org, Candice, Jeremy, donaldc@oha.org, Rowena, Joe, Kamoa, keolal@oha.org, kamakakoi@oha.org, Luci, Tiger, Crayn, Paulette, dbedt.director@hawaii.gov, All, All, Ige, gov@hawaii.gov, governor.ige@hawaii.gov, PublicDLNR, scase@hawaii.gov, Suzanne, Scott, State, Hawaiiag, uhero@hawaii.edu, Maenette, BOR, David, lassner@hawaii.edu, David, Afsheen, Jenny, Melissa, Elizabeth Aloha Mr. Kellen Tanaka, Please accept my comments for the Cultural  Impact Assessment - AES West Oahu Solar  and Storage Project- Please see attached. In brief-   I captured hundreds of sightings of pueo on camera-    many are on youtubes-    these pueo are along the Hunehune and Kaloi and Honouliuli Gulch Corridor which is served by the hill/slope where you favor the development. But with all this evidence of pueo right there on youtubes- to this day,  UHWO / Attorney General / UH BOR / DLNR / USFWS / and OEQC claim in concert the videos are "fake" -  How did they do that--come to the conclusion my videos of pueo are fake? The answer is- the proof-  smoking gun if you will-  whereby the Hawaii State  Attorney General Claire Connors wrote a letter to State Representatives Bob  McDermott and Rida Cabanilla on February 26, 2019 that reads- paraphrasing: "No pueo use the property at UHWO-  for no habitat is present on the property for the pueo to use-  and thus, no pueo and their  habitat existed or is on the property- per scientific research, surveys, and the Environmental Impact Statement done for the property." Result? Entire pueo habitat destroyed. Pueo wrongfully extirpated from the property due to faulty protocol to inventory for these species  from the onset.    But alas- everyone can see with their own eyes two pueo  engaged in courtship behavior at UHWO in these opening scenes-  see video link pasted below- and it's a travesty our Attorney  General would lie like this (and Chair DLNR Suzanne Case)  and refute these scenes as rather being "fake and manufactured"  and actually promote a faulty and deceptive representation of the  property.   The research/surveys that the Attorney General referenced  in her letter covered up the fact the survey and research failed  to include /physically go to the property for five months  during the period/season when the pueo use and occupy UHWO:  CHANT FOR PUEO @ UHWO by Michael Kumukauoha Lee CHANT FOR PUEO @ UHWO by Michael Kumuka... The pueo (and Hoary Bat) have been wrongfully extirpated from UHWO Makai Segment- and have henceforth, as can be proven, "transferred" their ecosystem /reliance from UHWO Makai Segment to the hill/UHWO Mauka Segment that you want to develop and  place solar panels on.  Remember now- DBEDT is bent on allowing what I have deduced to be possible  illegal illumination of lighting on the Monsanto farm fields right next to your proposed  solar project. The glare from these lights will most likely blind many avian species when reflected from your solar panels- at least contribute to their peril.  Question is- are you going to adequately look for the bats and pueo or not at the solar  project site before you blitz the area- what will be your protocol be to look for the endangered species on the property?  Mahalo Tom Berg Ewa Beach Attachments area Preview attachment BERG.CIA AES WEST OAHU SOLAR PLUS STORAGE.pdf BERG.CIA AES WEST OAHU SOLAR PLUS STORAGE.pdf 200 KB Preview YouTube video CHANT FOR PUEO @ UHWO by Michael Kumukauoha Lee CHANT FOR PUEO @ UHWO by Michael Kumukauoha Lee https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=54&v=d9yoxIGeNCA Despite Violations: DLNR CELEBRATES CULLING WILDLIFE w/RatPOISON Inbox x Pueo Country <pueocountry@gmail.com> Tue, Aug 20, 8:19 AM (4 days ago) to David.G.Smith@hawaii.gov, dlnr.land@hawaii.gov, dlnr.occl@hawaii.gov, dlnr@hawaii.gov, Afsheen, Melissa, reps, sens, hiaudsoc, bcc: me See full REPORT 139MB file attached to this email via Google link- "They (State of Hawaii's Department of Land and Natural Resources Division of Forestry and Wildlife Administrator David Smith) said that a pueo (Hawaiian owl) would have to consume 40,000[?] pounds worth of rats afflicted with the poison to have any negative effects on the pueo. But birds and fish were found dead soon after the poison was distributed. Clearly, someone is manipulating the data." Concerned Citizen  HONOLULU August 20, 2019 For Immediate Release: The State of Hawaii is selling a gimmick-  it involves the practice of distributing rat bait poison pellets from helicopters to cover the landscape - The poisoning exercise however was laden with improper protocol - and the State of Hawaii got caught - but won't fine itself (or any of the actors or agents), nor send out press releases on its violations. See the report of VIOLATIONS - video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dI6cHRqeN4 The gimmick is to claim the poison harms only rats and leaves all else untouched.  This claim by Hawaii's government and others is patently false. The violations revealed that Hawaii could not follow the package labeling instructions by the manufacturer (NZ) and it didn't go unnoticed- https://www.pestoff.co.nz/our-products/ In brief, Hawaii traded the poison illegally-  transported it illegally-  handled it illegally-  stored it illegally-   and gathered specimens to examine non-target kills for cause of death in a disturbing fashion whereby organs from many of the dead fish in custody could not even be identified.   Yet, the State of Hawaii's Department of Land and Natural Resources is pounding the pavement with its press release how wonderful the operation went: https://dlnr.hawaii.gov/blog/2019/08/12/nr19-149/  Sharing a note from outside Hawaii to alert us all of the scheme: Subject: "Lehua Island Complaint- entire KA-17-08_Redacted (1).pdf That is the issue - no long term monitoring by an independent, third party. Now we know that exposure to anticoagulant rodenticides can have long term implications to species (scientists in SoCal have published data which demonstrates that exposure to these poisons causes genetic changes to bobcats), and impacts to animals in utero can occur, we do not know the damage we are inflicting. These projects are driven by greed. Pure and simple.  This 18 minutes video is from the epicenter of the aerial poisoning business.  Brodifacoum is the poison mentioned, as diphacinone is rarely used. The Lehua project mentioned in the EA if the diphacinone dropped failed - they would be coming back for a brodifacoum drop. That's the thing with aerial poisoning - it's a repeat business model.    https://youtu.be/zDxxaM2TkuM     Lehua Island Complaint- entire KA-17-08_Redacte... Attachments area Preview YouTube video Hawaii Violates Protocol w/Rat Poison Hawaii Violates Protocol w/Rat Poison Preview YouTube video Poisoning Stewart Island - is it ecocide? Poisoning Stewart Island - is it ecocide?