On Monday, a plan was announced by The University of Hawaii that will remove several large telescopes from Mauna Kea.

The plan came a week after Governer David Ige said that school officials need to perform a better job while caring for the mountain. He also called for the implementation of asked 10 actions on the mountain.

This week, State Department of Land and Natural Resources will be met by school in order to discuss the decommissioning process. The goal is to reduce the number of observatories atop the mountain by 25% by the time the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) is fully operational.

The plan and the discussions stemmed from the protests that were done against the proposed construction of the TMT.

The 1.4 billion project has remained halted for nearly two months and people blocking access to the site were arrested. The arrested people were conducing protests to oppose the telescope for a range of reasons.

The mountain is considered to be sacred land by the native Hawaiians and they want to protect and curb development of TMT.

In a statement released Monday, university leaders apologized for not fully meeting their obligations to the mountain or the expectations of the community.

At an afternoon press briefing, UH President David Lassner and UH Hilo Chancellor Donald Straney said managing all the moving parts in the governor’s proposal will be challenging. The University of Hawaii is expected to release a more detailed plan for stewardship changes in July.