The UH Board of Regents approved a resolution to clarify the university’s role regarding the transfer of UH’s management responsibilities on Maunakea to the Mauna Kea Stewardship and Oversight Authority.
Elai Porter assisted with natural resource initiatives focused on alien invertebrate early detection and wēkiu bug monitoring.
The Maunakea rangers participated in a rope rescue training at the W.M. Keck Observatory.
The 34-foot diameter telescope mirror from the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory on Maunakea will be removed in sections this summer.
The Center for Maunakea Stewardship continued work to restore the endangered silversword, and community volunteers helped to remove invasive plant species.
The physical removal of the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory on Maunakea is scheduled to begin by early May.
Rare snow and ice conditions at the UH Hilo Center for Maunakea Stewardship mid-level facility led to the closure of the Maunakea Access Road.
Silversword seeds first sown sprouted into more than 100 seedlings in February 2022 will be ready for outplanting this spring.
CMS staff obtained fire extinguishers and quickly put out the fire before it became a bigger risk to bystanders and property.
The recent storm, with winds of more than 100 mph, sleet, freezing rain and heavy snow created a very hard covering of ice.
