Bush Creates World’s Largest Marine Sanctuary!
Despite swirling skepticism, President Bush announced today that he would create the wold’s largest marine sanctuary in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Already designated a reserve, the new designation will extend federal protections to the 140,000 square miles of islands, endangered monk seals, nesting green sea turtles, and 7000 other species that call the area home. Conrad C. Lautenbacher, head of NOAA, which will manage most of the sanctuary, proclaimed Bush’s announcement as “the single-largest act of ocean conservation in history.” In fact, the new Sanctuary will be the largest no-take area on earth.
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