Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 34, Number 12, 1 Kekemapa 2017 — As trustees of Mauna Kea, both the state and UH have breached their moral and legal obligations to manage this important place. OHA has identified countless issues and failings that have attributed to the continued mismanagement of Mauna Kea by the state and UH, including: [ARTICLE]
As trustees of Mauna Kea, both the state and UH have breached their moral and legal obligations to manage this important place. OHA has identified countless issues and failings that have attributed to the continued mismanagement of Mauna Kea by the state and UH, including:
- Failure to budget and fund proper management of Mauna Kea; -Failure to prudently negotiate sublease terms - for example, by allowing 11 of 13 telescopes to not pay rent; -Failure to adequately implement the 2009 Comprehensive Management Plan, with 32 of the 54 management actions that specifically affect Native Hawaiians remaining incomplete; -Failure to create an environment respectful of Mauna Kea's cultural landscape, including by not adequately protecting Native Hawaiian traditional and customary rights and practices on Mauna Kea; -Failure to manage access to Mauna Kea and activities on Mauna Kea, whieh has led to vehicular accidents and personal injuries and deaths, and hazardous material spills; and -Failure to manage observatory development and decommissioning.