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01/07/2009
Establishment of the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument (White House News)
The Pacific Remote Islands area consists of Wake, Baker, Howland, and Jarvis Islands, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, and Palmyra Atoll, which lie to the south and west of Hawaii. With the exception of Wake Island, these islands are administered as National Wildlife Refuges by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service of the Department of the Interior. These refuges are an important part of the ...
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01/08/2009
Bush's Marine scheme gets underway (Sky News Australia)
US President George Bush has launched the world's largest marine protection initiative in history, designating an area spanning 505,000 sq km in the Pacific Ocean as a protected region.
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01/06/2009
Bush to Protect Vast New Pacific Tracts (New York Times)
The action will protect vast tracts of American-controlled islands, reefs, surface waters and sea floor from fishing, mining, oil exploration and other commercial activity.
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01/07/2009
President protects Pacific sanctuary (Pleasanton Tri-Valley Herald)
"National monument" designation will ban oil drilling, commercial fishing and ocean-dumping in three vast areas. Bay Area scientists cheer the move, which will protect a key coral reef where researchers from Stanford and other institutions operate a lab.
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01/07/2009
White House praised for safeguarding seas (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Environmentalists praised yesterday's announcement by the White House protecting remote island ecosystems in areas from the Northern Marianas to American Samoa.
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01/07/2009
Bush protects unique areas across the Pacific (San Jose Mercury News)
'National monument' designation will ban oil drilling, commercial fishing and ocean dumping in three vast areas. Bay Area scientists cheer the move, which will protect a key coral reefs where researchers from Stanford and other institutions operate a lab. Map of protected areas More green: Energy | Living
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01/07/2009
Bush Discusses Conservation and the Environment (Scoop.co.nz)
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all. Please be seated. Thank you for coming, and Happy New Year. Laura and I thank all of our distinguished guests, starting with members of my Cabinet -- Secretary Kempthorne, Secretary Gutierrez, Administrator Johnson. Admiral, thank you for coming today.
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01/07/2009
Fact Sheet: Marine National Monuments (Scoop.co.nz)
Today, President Bush designated three areas of the Pacific Ocean as marine national monuments. By designating these areas as national monuments, the Administration ensures that the marine environment will receive the highest level of environmental recognition and conservation.
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01/06/2009
Bush to establish world's largest marine protection area (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Seeking to add an environmental boost to his legacy, President George W. Bush is to announce the creation of the world's largest oceanic protected area in three parts of the Pacific.
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01/07/2009
Bush names marine monuments (Stuff)
A vast swathe of the Pacific - including an area near New Zealand territory - has just been declared part of a United States national maritime monument.
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  • Aloha from Johnston Island - Mark Eggerich's site about working on a small Island in the South Atlantic.
  • CIA - The World Factbook: United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges - Features map and brief descriptions of the geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military and transnational issues.
  • Climate Summary: 1951-2000 - Weather statistics and trends from 1951 to present.
  • Encyclopedia of the Nations - Johnston Atoll - Provides information about the country's geography, people, government, economy and tourism. From Thomson Gale.
  • Jane's Oceania - Johnston Island History - A good, brief summary of JI history.
  • JI Pictures from 1960s - A collection of JI pictures from the Portland Atomic Veterans Association
  • Johnston Island DX Expedition - 2001 - A ham radio expedition to Johnston Island, 2001.
  • Johnston Island Memories - Find a history of Johnston Island, plus details about the men and women who served on the island.
  • University of Texas Libraries - Johnston Atoll Nautical Chart - NOAA navigational chart. Scale 1:50,000 1990 (289K)
  • Weather Underground - Johnston Island - Displays current conditions at the weather station along with a five-day forecast and more detailed information.
  • Wikipedia - Johnston Atoll - Hyperlinked encyclopedia article covers the atoll's history and geography.

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