STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1724

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: H.C.R. No. 155

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Agriculture and Hawaiian Affairs and Water, Land, & Ocean Resources, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 155 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS, DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES, THE U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, AND THE COUNTIES TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT OF AND RECOMMEND TREATMENT FOR GORSE SHRUBS ON THEIR RESPECTIVE LANDS,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to address the problem of invasive species in Hawaii by requesting:

(1) The Department of Agriculture (DOA), Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL), Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR), and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to identify the nature and extent of growth of gorse within their respective lands; and

(2) DOA to implement a comprehensive action plan to eradicate the gorse, in consultation with DHHL, DLNR, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the counties.

DOA, DHHL, and DLNR supported the intent of this measure.

Your Committees recognize that concerns were raised regarding the feasibility of eliminating gorse given the lack of funding and other resources.

Therefore, your Committees have amended this measure by requesting DOA to implement a comprehensive action plan to contain, rather than eliminate, the gorse. Other technical, nonsubstantive amendments were made for purposes of style, clarity, and consistency.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Agriculture and Hawaiian Affairs and Water, Land, & Ocean Resources that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 155, as amended herein, and recommend its adoption in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 155, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Agriculture and Hawaiian Affairs and Water, Land, & Ocean Resources,

 

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SCOTT K. SAIKI, Chair

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FELIPE P. ABINSAY, JR., Chair

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EZRA R. KANOHO, Chair