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Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge
Comprehensive Conservation Plan
*Caveat: Activities to construct an ungulate-proof fence and a predator-proof fence caused some
confusion. Dr. Scott obtained consensus that these activities could be combined with a third separate
but related activity of removing ungulates.
Public Comment Period
In the last stage of CCP development, Planning Update 3, which announced the Draft CCP/EA
availability during the public open comment period (August 16-September 15, 2010) and
summarized the alternatives, was circulated similarly to previous planning updates (which included
mailings to national organizations). In addition, announcement of the public open comment period
was made through a news release distributed within Hawai‘i and on the mainland; holding a public
open house meeting in Hilo on August 25, 2010; posting the draft document on both the Hakalau
planning website and main Refuge RO planning website; notice of availability in the Federal
Register as well as the Environmental Notice (State Office of Environmental Quality Control); and
email and related list-serve announcements. In addition, where meetings were already scheduled with
partner agencies and organizations (e.g., Friends of Hakalau Forest NWR board meeting, quarterly
Three Mountain Alliance meeting) during the public comment period, updates of the Draft CCP/EA
were provided.
Public Comments on the Draft CCP/EA and Service Responses
This section addresses comments that were received on the Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge
Draft Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental Assessment (Draft CCP/EA, August
2010) during the official public comment period from August 16-September 15, 2010. A total of
19 comments were received via letter, email, or at the public meeting. All comments are categorized
(i.e., management strategies, research and monitoring, public use, historic resources, climate change,
refuge capacity, and adequacy of document), summarized, and listed with our responses below.
Editorial comments have been considered in the development of the final CCP.
Table K-1. Draft CCP/EA Respondents
Respondent Representing City/State
Larry Wayne Jose Keauhou, Hawai‘i
Daniel Rubinoff, Ph.D.,
Associate Professor, University
of Hawai‘i
Honolulu, Hawai‘i
Lorraine Ellison Kea‘au, Hawai‘i
Patricia Richardson Hilo, Hawai‘i
Jean Pbulic Florham Park, New Jersey
Patrick Conant Volcano, Hawai‘i
Leonard A. Freed, Ph.D., and
Rebecca L. Cann, Ph.D.,
University of Hawai‘i
Honolulu, Hawai‘i
Stephen Stearns, Ph.D.,
Professor, Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut
Mark Fox, Director of External The Nature Conservancy, Honolulu, Hawai‘i
Affairs
Hawai‘i Program
K-6 Appendix K. Public Involvement