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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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