Saiki Wants To Take Mauna Kea Management Away From UH - Honolulu Civil Beat
Saiki Wants To Take Mauna Kea Management Away From UH
Details on a new governance committee proposed by the Hawaii House speaker that would investigate a new management structure have yet to be seen. Reading time: 6 minutes.
A top Hawaii lawmaker wants the University of Hawaii to step aside from managing Mauna Kea, the site of several prominent astronomy projects as well as Native Hawaiian-led protests that have halted construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope.
That conflict, House Speaker Scott Saiki said, is just one reason why governance of the mountain should be reorganized a feat that has eluded lawmakers but one he hopes to accomplish with a new, diverse working group.