{"id":153473,"date":"2021-12-17T17:05:56","date_gmt":"2021-12-18T03:05:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=153473"},"modified":"2021-12-17T17:05:56","modified_gmt":"2021-12-18T03:05:56","slug":"state-house-group-recommends-removing-uh-management-of-maunakea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/12\/17\/state-house-group-recommends-removing-uh-management-of-maunakea\/","title":{"rendered":"State House group recommends removing <abbr>UH<\/abbr> management of Maunakea"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/system-snowy-maunakea.jpg\" alt=\"Snow on Maunakea\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-153474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/system-snowy-maunakea.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/system-snowy-maunakea-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/system-snowy-maunakea-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A working group formed by the <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> House of Representatives released a draft report (<span class=\"small-text\"><abbr title=\"Portable Document Format\">PDF<\/abbr><\/span>) on Friday, December 17 recommending the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> be removed from managing state lands on Maunakea. The <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> <a href=\"https:\/\/hilo.hawaii.edu\/maunakea\/\">Center for Maunakea Stewardship<\/a> (<abbr>CMS<\/abbr>) oversees cultural, scientific and educational resources which covers about 11,300 acres of the mauna.<\/p>\n<p>The Maunakea Working Group intends to introduce legislation during the 2022 session to enact its proposal.<\/p>\n<p>Among some of its recommendations outlined in the draft report (<span class=\"small-text\"><abbr title=\"Portable Document Format\">PDF<\/abbr><\/span>):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A new 9-member governing entity will assume authority over the management of state-owned lands on Maunakea<\/li>\n<li>Stewardship will be grounded in Native Hawaiian culture, values and guiding principles<\/li>\n<li>Establish a plan to return the mauna above the 9,200-ft elevation to its natural state<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The summit of Maunakea currently hosts 13 astronomical observatories within the science reserve area. The first of two telescopes are in the process of being decommissioned and are tentatively scheduled to be completed by late 2023.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Many of the criticisms about <abbr>UH<\/abbr> are not necessarily tied to our management but they\u2019re tied to this larger issue of whether people want to see a future for astronomy on Maunakea, whether they want to see observatories up there,&rdquo; said <strong>Greg Chun<\/strong>, executive director of <abbr>CMS<\/abbr>. &ldquo;That is not a management question. That is a policy question that the state of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> has to decide on.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In the 1960s, under the leadership of Gov. John Burns, the state determined that it wanted to support astronomy on Maunakea and aspired to create a world-class program of education and research in astronomy. The university has achieved that and understands fully that the privilege of stewardship carries an even greater responsibility to m\u0101lama, to care for, Maunakea because of its unique heritage and resources.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, December 16, an update on the integral strides and commitment to ongoing stewardship on Maunakea was provided to the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Board of Regents (<abbr>BOR<\/abbr>). The <abbr>BOR<\/abbr> also formally received the draft Master Plan (<span class=\"small-text\"><abbr title=\"Portable Document Format\">PDF<\/abbr><\/span>) for <abbr>UH<\/abbr>-managed lands on Maunakea, which is a proposed framework for aligning land-use decisions in a manner that is consistent with <abbr>UH<\/abbr>\u2019s mission and purpose. The master plan requires board approval and would replace the Master Plan the <abbr>BOR<\/abbr> adopted in 2000.<\/p>\n<p><abbr>BOR<\/abbr> Special Meeting agenda (<span class=\"small-text\"><abbr title=\"Portable Document Format\">PDF<\/abbr><\/span>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Center for Maunakea Stewardship oversees cultural, scientific and educational resources which covers about 11,300 acres.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1193],"tags":[1511,659,947],"class_list":["post-153473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-administrative","tag-center-for-maunakea-stewardship","tag-maunakea","tag-uh-system","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153473"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153473\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":153486,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153473\/revisions\/153486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}