Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Water, Land, and Agriculture, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 98, H.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to reduce the feral pig population in the Tantalus area.

Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the Department of Land and Natural Resources. Testimony in opposition to this measure was submitted by one individual.

Your Committee has amended this measure by replacing its contents with S.C.R. No. 56, S.D.1, which expands the scope of the plan to cover the entire State rather than just the Tantalus and Manoa areas.

Your Committee finds that feral pigs are an invasive species that cause considerable damage to the environment. They have migrated in increasing numbers from state land to neighborhoods and other residential areas causing property damage and disturbances. This measure requests the Department of Land and Natural Resources to prepare a plan to reduce the feral pig population statewide.

Your Committee notes testimony from the Department of Land and Natural Resources acknowledging that steps need to be taken to control the feral pig populations statewide; however, the department recommends that the pig population management should primarily be focused near urban areas.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land, and Agriculture that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 98, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 98, H.D. 1, S.D. 1.