Decommissioning of UH Hilo’s Hōkū Ke‘a telescope receives approval from BLNR
The decommissioning of Hōkū Kea is tentatively scheduled to begin in late 2023 and take about five months to complete.
Category: Maunakea
UH Hilo’s Center for Maunakea Stewardship: Update on silversword recovery efforts
Silversword seeds first sown at UH Hilo’s Maunakea Stewardship Center greenhouse in February 2022 have sprouted into more than 100 seedlings that are now three to seven inches tall.
Stewardship program re-establishing endangered silversword on Maunakea
UH Hilo’s Center for Maunakea Stewardship is growing out the seedlings for reintroduction sites across Maunakea, sites where previous plantings have been successful and that offer protection from hooved animals.
Calling all volunteers for Malama Maunakea weed-pull event, April 2
Since 2012, “Malama Maunakea Volunteer Weed Pull” events have helped protect resources on Maunakea.
Annual survey on Maunakea shows wēkiu bug population boom
This year, survey teams find a more than seven-fold increase in wēkiu bugs on Maunakea compared to recent surveys. The increased abundance could be a function of increased precipitation on the mountain this past year.
UH Hilo alumna Nahua Guilloz new Maunakea stewardship director
In her new role, Nahua Guilloz will oversee planning, permitting and project review processes, cultural and natural resource stewardship programs, as well as operations at Halepōhaku.
Public is invited to comment on Hōkū Keʻa telescope decommissioning process
The public is strongly encouraged to review official document and provide comments by October 8, 2021, as provided for in the Environmental Notice.
UH Hilo alumna helps organize collaborative report on protecting ancestral sites
Kelley Lehuakeaopuna Uyeoka helped organize a large hui of cultural and scientific experts to develop new strategies in safeguarding Hawaiʻi’s cultural sites and practices. The newly published Kaliʻuokapaʻakai Collective Report is now released to the public.
