Potential restrictions to Mauna Kea access

[leilanidude]

Anyone else find it odd that the poor little wekiu bug has prospered so much since the telescopes were first built that it is no longer on the endangered species list?

If anyone is really worried about the wekiu bug, the answer to their continued prosperity is "BUILD MORE TELESCOPES"!

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service:

http://www.fws.gov/midwest/news/478.html

"The removal of the wekiu bug is based on the successful management of the summit of Mauna Kea on the island of Hawaii. Survey work resulted in more than doubling the number of sites where this species is found. The protection and monitoring of the wekiu bug provided through the management plans for Mauna Kea has precluded the need to list this species."

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But...but...the protestors say the summit ecology has been mismanaged?