Fellows mentioned in this story: Rich Matsuda, Cohort V

From Civil Beat:

Maunakea is getting new management, and it may not be as friendly to astronomy interests as its former overseers.

The new panel that will take over stewardship of Hawai‘i’s tallest mountain from the University of Hawai‘i is shaping up to include several prominent Native Hawaiians, including leaders of the 2019 protests that halted the construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope.

The cultural experts will have voting seats on the governing body, instead of merely advising the summit’s managers as they do now. That increases the prospects for new limits on scientific activity on the 13,803-foot mountain, which many Native Hawaiians consider sacred, experts said.

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