Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 26, Number 1, 1 January 2009 — Mauna Kea CMP [ARTICLE]

Mauna Kea CMP

A draft of the Mauna Kea Comprehensive Management Plan, whieh will guide all future development on the summit, has been released for comment. The draft ineludes a poliey of managing aeeess to the summit, and requiring orientation of visitors and employees with speeifie guidelines for eulturally appropriate behavior. The draft also reeonunends that the University of Hawai'i and the Offiee of Mauna Kea Management fonnally seek additional authority to make and enforee rules, and a staffing plan that would provide a bigger presence in the summit area for enforcement, interpretation and resource management. Among other things, the draft also calls for a requirement for observatories to develop plans to recycle or demolish facilities onee their useful life has ended. For more information on the draft Mauna Kea Comprehensive Management Plan or to comment, visit maunakeacmp.com.

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