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Investigation of Maunakea skiing/boarding incident finds no damage, reaffirms need for management rules

March 12, 2019
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The incident highlighted the need for administrative rules for public and commercial activities on University of Hawaiʻi managed lands on Maunakea.

Internal audit of UH managed Maunakea lands finds no irregularities

December 13, 2018
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The audit concluded that the “University entities involved with Maunakea have developed processes and procedures to appropriately account for their respective transactions in connection with their management of Maunakea.”

Group of UH students and faculty affirmed opposition to Thirty Meter Telescope

December 6, 2018
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More than 200 students, faculty and staff from various Oʻahu-based UH campuses affirmed their commitment to protect Maunakea and their opposition to (TMT).

State leaders react to Supreme Court decision on Thirty Meter Telescope

October 30, 2018
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TMT must now submit construction plans to the DNLR Office of Conservation and Coastal Lands for review and approval.

Regents to consider revisions to proposed Maunakea administrative rules after public hearings

October 12, 2018
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The revisions are being made in response to testimony received at four public hearings held on Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi Island and Maui in September

Regents approve six new Maunakea Management Board members

September 20, 2018
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Roberta Chu, Julie Leialoha, Kepā Maly, Alapaki Nahale-a, Doug Simons and Barry Taniguchi were approved for the community-based MKMB.

Maunakea administrative rules public announcement

August 19, 2018
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UH invites the public to provide input on the proposed draft of the administrative rules that will govern public and commercial activities on UH-managed lands on Maunakea.

UH statement on supreme court sublease decision

August 8, 2018
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UH responded to the Hawaiʻi State Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the state Board of Land and Natural Resources' sublease between UH and the Thirty Meter Telescope International Observatory.

“Balanced stewardship is absolutely essential,” says UH president in Maunakea stewardship update

June 13, 2018
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An update on the University of Hawaiʻi’s ongoing efforts to improve its stewardship of Maunakea was presented to the UH Board of Regents on June 7, 2018.

Documenting the last permafrost in Hawaiʻi

October 23, 2017
UH News

Scientists and their students surveyed the change in the permafrost that was first documented in the 1970s in cinder cones on Maunakea.