A public information meeting will be held Thursday on Moloka'i to discuss possible cooperative lease agreements between the Department of Land and Natural Resources and any interested Moloka'i landowners that will allow public hunting on their lands.

The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. at Mitchell Pau'ole Center in Kaunakakai.

Game species presently found on Moloka'i include quail, francolins, turkeys, pheasants, two types of doves, Axis deer, pigs and goats.

If there is community support, DLNR officials will contact and hold preliminary

meetings with interested landowners. A proposed lease or cooperative management agreement would be developed with input from the community. Any future lease or agreement would be subject to approval by the landowner and the Board of Land and Natural Resources.

For more information call the DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife at 808-553-1745 on Moloka'i or 808-984-8100 on Maui.