other groups began requesting subleases on the newly accessible mountaintop. by 1970, two telescopes had been constructed by the united states air force and lowell observatory. in 1973, canada and france agreed to build the 3.6 m cfht on mauna kea. however, local organizations started to raise concerns about the environmental impact of the observatory. this led the department of land and natural resources to prepare an initial management plan, drafted in 1977 and supplemented in 1980. in january 1982, the university of hawaiʻi board of regents approved a plan to support the continued development of scientific facilities at the site. in 1998, were transferred from the observatory lease to supplement the mauna kea ice age reserve. the 1982 plan was replaced in 2000 by an extension designed to serve until 2020: it instituted an office of mauna kea management, designated for astronomy, and shifted the remaining to "natural and cultural preservation". this plan was further revised to address concern expressed in the hawaiian community that a lack of respect was being shown toward the cultural value the mountain embodied to the region's indigenous people.