Public Involvement Process

Under the coordination of Ku‘iwalu and OMKM, the CMP will take a community-based planning approach to re-affirm many of the issues that the community has raised in the past and recommend culturally and environmentally appropriate measures for the management of Mauna Kea.

Ku‘iwalu will be holding two rounds of public meetings throughout Hawai‘i Island to seek input on a Comprehensive Management Plan (CMP) for Mauna Kea. The first round of meetings, which will be held between May 6 through May 13 will provide information on the purpose of the CMP, re-affirm key management issues that have been raised over the past few years, and seek the community’s recommendation on appropriate cultural and environmental management guidelines, pertaining to the Mauna Kea Science Reserve.

View the schedule of upcoming meetings.

At the second round of public meetings later this fall (dates and locations to be determined), Ku‘iwalu intends to present for community review a draft of the CMP. This presentation will give the public another opportunity to provide comments on the proposed CMP.

In addition to holding public meetings, Ku‘iwalu is gathering input from the community through a series of small talk-story sessions, group meetings with community organizations, and through our online Tell Us What You Think form. Organizations who would like Ku‘iwalu to give a presentation regarding the CMP are encouraged to contact us.