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Pew Environment Group: Join the U.S. in setting aside Australia's treasured Coral Sea - Pew Environment Group - 7 January 2009

New Ocean Monuments Give President Bush a Blue Legacy - Pew Environment Group - 5 January 2009

Northern Marianas Public School Students Submit 500 Letters to President Bush - Friends of the Monument - 22 October 2008

Friends of the Monument Release Petition with over 5500 signatures - Friends of the Monument - 21 October 2008

Friends of the Monument Release Signature Advertisement - Friends of the Monument - 20 October 2008

Unique Alliance Calls for Coral Sea Heritage Park - Pew Environment Group - 10 September 2008

Proposed Coral Sea Conservation Initiative Would Create World's Largest No-Take Marine Park - Pew Environment Group - 10 September 2008

On Potential New Marine Monuments - Pew Environment Group - 25 August 2008

White House to Open Discussions on Marine Monument - Friends of the Marine Monument (PDF) - 24 August 2008

Latest News

Marine National Monument Act (VIDEO) - ABC news - 6 January 2009

Bush Set To Protect Marine Preserves In Pacific - NPR - 6 January 2009

US vows 'huge' marine protection - BBC - 6 January 2009

Bush designates ocean conservation areas in final weeks as president - The Guardian - 6 January 2009

Bush to Protect Three Areas in Pacific - Washington Post - 6 January 2009

Bush to make Pacific's Mariana Trench a national monument - USA Today - 6 January 2009

Bush to create three marine monuments - Los Angeles Times - 6 January 2009

Bush to Protect Vast New Pacific Tracts - New York Times - 5 January 2009

Bush's ocean protection decision - Los Angeles Times - 30 December 2008

Group to Bush: Don't scale down marine monument - The Saipan Tribune - 24 December 2008

Bush's Legacy Lost at Sea? - Plenty Magazine - 10 December 2008

Legacy Blues (PDF) - Honolulu Weekly - 10 December 2008

Bush May Scale Back Plans for Marine Reserve - NPR, All Things Considered - 8 December 2008

Bush's push for Marine Reserves - Christian Science Monitor - 7 December 2008

Marianas National Marine Monument - Living on Earth - 5 December 2008

The deepest legacy - The Miami Herald - 19 November 2008

New rules of engagement for the marine monument proposal - Saipan Tribune - 24 October 2008

Along the Paseo de Marianas - Saipan Tribune - 24 October 2008

Letter to the Editor: New rules of engagement for the marine monument proposal - Marianas Variety - 24 October 2008

Open letters to President Bush: Part 2 - Saipan Tribune - 23 October 2008

Open letters to President Bush - Saipan Tribune - 23 October 2008

Letter to the Editor: The monument and submerged lands - Marianas Variety - 23 October 2008

At forum, public speaks out on NMI monument - Saipan Tribune - 22 October 2008

Bush to decide on NMI monument before term ends - Marianas Variety - 22 October 2008

5,502: A monumental number - Saipan Tribune - 21 October 2008

'CNMI may regain control over its submerged lands' - Saipan Tribune - 21 October 2008

DFW arguments for marine monument - Saipan Tribune - 21 October 2008

The WOW for MMM - Saipan Tribune - 21 October 2008

Thanks for supporting marine monument plan - Saipan Tribune - 21 October 2008

Awakening of the world - Saipan Tribune - 21 October 2008

Amazed and proud - Saipan Tribune - 21 October 2008

Thanks to the Humanities Council - Saipan Tribune - 21 October 2008

Bush environmental advisor seeks support for marine monument - Marianas Variety - 21 October 2008

Letter to the Editor: Great awakening - Marianas Variety - 21 October 2008

Letter to the Editor: Tremendous - Marianas Variety - 21 October 2008

Letter to the Editor: Amazed - Marianas Variety - 21 October 2008

Thousands sign petition in CNMI supporting national marine - Radio New Zealand International - 21 October 2008

Federal officials arrive for monument discussion - Saipan Tribune - 20 October 2008

Monument backers sport orange ahead of forum - Saipan Tribune - 20 October 2008

Welcome to the CNMI - Saipan Tribune - 20 October 2008

Students send White House 400 letters on marine monument - Marianas Variety - 20 October 2008

Letter to the Editor: Welcome to the NMI - Marianas Variety - 20 October 2008

Letter to the Editor: Thank you - Marianas Variety - 20 October 2008

Group pushes for sea reserve - NZ Herald - 11 September 2008

Coalition Calls For 'Coral Sea Heritage Park' - Pacific Magazine - 11 September 2008

Australia urged to save Coral Sea animals, history - Australian Associated Press - 10 September 2008

Fisher backs Coral Sea fishing ban - ABC - 10 September 2008

Scientists call for ban on Coral Sea fishing - Radio Australia - 10 September 2008

Make Coral Sea 'marine protected area' - Sydney Morning Herald - 10 September 2008

Make Coral Sea 'marine protected area' - The Age (Melbourne) - 10 September 2008

Scientists call for world's largest marine park in coral sea - University of Queensland online - 10 September 2008

Scientists Call for World's Largest Marine Park in Coral Sea - ARC Centre of Excellent for Coral Reef Studies - 10 September 2008

Australia urged to save Coral Sea animals, history - International Herald Tribune - 10 September 2008

Call for Coral Sea conservation - Channel Four News - 10 September 2008

Bush's new ocean protection plan needs more teeth - Seattle PI - 10 September 2008

Seas of trouble - Cape Cod Times - 8 September 2008

Treasure islands - Riverside Press-Enterprise - 6 September 2008

Mr. Bush's Blue Legacy - The New York Times - 3 September 2008

Brightening a dim legacy - The Register-Guard - 2 September 2008

Oceans: Our finite, fragile and valuable resources - Saipan Tribune - 2 September 2008

Bush plan to protect Pacific regions is welcome move - Honolulu Star Bulletin - 27 August 2008

Support for Marine Reserves - The New York Times - 26 August 2008

Pacific Regions Considered for Protections - The Washington Post - 26 August 2008

U.S. considers protecting vast swaths of Pacific - Reuters - 25 August 2008

Bush seeks to protect 3 remote island chains - The Associated Press - 25 August 2008

Bush proposes protections for Pacific islands, atolls - Greenspace Blog, Los Angeles Times - 25 August 2008

Villagomez: Bush will not act unilaterally - Marianas Variety - 25 August 2008

Praise, calls for talks after Bush marine monument proposal - Saipan Tribune - 25 August 2008

Pew reps learn about Hawaiian monuments - Saipan Tribune - 31 July 2008

Marine Monument: Good for the CNMI, good for the environment- Saipan Tribune - 28 July 2008

Bush Eyes Unprecedented Conservation Program - All Things Considered, NPR - 23 May 2008

A Struggle to Preserve a Hawaiian Archipelago and Its Varied Wildlife - New York Times - 19 December 2006

President Bush Declares National Monument in Hawaii - News Hour, PBS - June 15, 2006

Treasure Islands - New York Times - June 15, 2006

 

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