01-28-2018, 09:29 AM
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Originally posted by MarkD
Too many visitors now and other people claiming needs for resource protection. So there will be gates and roaming guards and visitor restrictions. And eventual entry fees. And eventual designation of the mountain top (or further designation) as a park.
Not sure what any of this has to do with the astronomers or the University of Hawaii. At Volcanoes National Park there are state and federal forestry research facilities set off on their own 3/4 mile from the Volcano House. None of this has anything to do with park entrance or policies. Shouldn't Mauna Kea Management and astronomy be separate?
You answered your own question imo, Mark. You speak of "Eventual entry fees" and "Eventual designation...as a park", but we aren't there yet. I for one would like the Visitors Center to be as far as you go without a 'special use permit'.