“You can't substitute promise after promise with known violations of prior promises at the expense of protecting ourselves or setting an example.” ~ Fred Thompson “Don't ever promise more than you can deliver, but always deliver more than you promise.” ~ Lou Holtz

1. MAUNA KEA
IN MANY WAYS, WE HAVE FAILED THE MOUNTAIN
WHETHER YOU SEE IT FROM A CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE OR FROM
A NATURAL RESOURCE PERSPECTIVE, WE HAVE NOT DONE RIGHT
BY A VERY SPECIAL PLACE AND WE MUST ACT IMMEDIATELY TO
CHANGE THAT
~ Governor David Ige
https://governor.hawaii.gov/newsroom/news-release-governor-david-ige-announces-major-changes-in-the-
stewardship-of-mauna-kea/
MAKING GOOD ON PROMISES
The State of Hawai`i shall change the way it exercises responsibility for Mauna
Kea and the management of the entire summit to bring cultural voices into the
leadership structure.
The Mauna Kea Cultural Council shall work with the Board and Department of
Land and Natural Resources and the governor’s ofce to ensure all acts are
sensitive to and observant of Native Hawaiian culture and cultural practices.
The DNLR shall increase its oversight of the existing leases and sub-leases.
The University of Hawai`i and Institute for Astronomy shall complete 10
signifcant actions related to enhanced stewardship of the Thirty-Meter
Telescope (TMT), specifcally.
 Accept its responsibility for past failings, correct, remediate and resolve all
outstanding complaints.
 Legally bind that TMT shall be the last new telescope project to be
constructed on Mauna Kea.
 Complete decommissioning of telescopes with 25 percent of all telescopes
gone by the time TMT is ready for operation.

2.  Complete the EIS process for the university's lease extension and complete a
full cultural impact assessment.
 Remove access rules that limit and put conditions on cultural access to the
mountain.
 Complete training for all leadership, managers and staf in the cultural
aspects of he mountain to respect the cultural areas for anyone going on the
mountain.
 Reduce the length of its request for a lease extension from the Board of Land
and Natural Resources.
 Return to full DLNR jurisdiction all lands (over 10,000 acres).
 Ensure full use of its scheduled telescope time.
 Revisit the issue of payments by the existing telescope and renegotiate new
lease and market lease rent payments.
 Increase by 100% support for Native Hawaiian students interested in science
and technology through admission to and scholarships at its own or partner
institutions with frst priority given to Native Hawaiian students and students
statewide.
 Establish cultural, environmental, natural resources and business plans for
biennium (2 years), triennium (3 years), quadrennium (4 years), lustrum (5
years), century (100 years), and millennium (1000 years).
“ANCIENT HAWAIIANS WERE ASTRONOMERS”
~ Queen Liliuokalani 1879