Hunters balk at proposed Mauna Kea restrictions

On Friday, more than 150 people showed up to make passionate pleas for and against the newly proposed rules restricting access to the mountain. A last minute adjustment to the new rules excludes backbacks from the list of prohibited items.

The tip allows development to application toward the one dollar.some b Thirty Meter Telescope, subject to weeks of protests. The rule restricts being within a mile of the mountain’s access road during certain nighttime hours, unless in a moving vehicle, and prohibits camping gear.

Chris Yuen, a participant in the wood panel, announced meets the necessary needs the features to keep choose upon the mountain.

Construction had stalled as protesters maintained an around-the-clock presence on the mountain.

According to a report, more than 100 people testified during the eight-hour meeting.

The BLNR will meet Friday at 9 a.m.at the Kalanimoku Building in the Land Board Conference Room 132.

He also noted that some protesters are making a throat-slashing gesture at workers, and they are taking souvenirs from the gift shop.

The University of Hawaii has released logs kept by Mauna Kea rangers and employees at the visitors center.

The leader added that the restricting rules from the officials would not stop them from being vigilant on the construction of telescope.

FILE – In this June 24, 2015, file photo, a Department of Land and…

Protest leader Kahookahi Kanuha, foreground, testifies before a Board of Land and Natural Resources meeting in Honolulu on Friday, July 10, 2015, against a state proposal to limit the ability of protesters to access Mauna Kea. He insisted that they are doing a respectful and nonviolent protest.

“The over-arching safety issue for us right now is that at any given time protesters can block the road dropping people above including observatory staff and create a medical emergency that way”, said Doug Simon, an astronomer.

Board Member Thomas Oi cautioned Chin that the rules would hurt others, specifically hunters: “To punish one group you’re punishing the whole island”.

“If these rules are passed, there can be no question, there will be mass coordinated civil disobedience on Mauna Kea to break these rules”, said Andre Perez, who opposes the rules.

An overflow crowd outside a Board of Land and Natural Resources meeting in Honolulu on Friday, July 10, 2015, watches a video feed of testimony about a state proposal that would limit the ability of protesters to acc…