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PRESIDENT BUSH DECLARES NORTHWESTERN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS

A NATIONAL MONUMENT

HONOLULU: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 2006 — Late today the White House announced that tomorrow,
Thursday, June 15th @ 2:00 pm (EST), President Bush will confer permanent protection for the Northwestern
Hawaiian Islands (NWHI) under the Antiquities Act of 1906. That act of Congress gave the President his
“...discretion, to declare by public proclamation historic landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures, and other
objects of historic or scientific interest that are situated upon the lands owned or controlled by the Government
of the United States to be national monuments.”

This surprise action by the President goes way beyond his expected “sanctuary” designation and will offer a
measure of protection for the NWHI that can only be revoked or modified by an act of Congress.
Congratulations are in order to the many individuals, organizations and members of government at all levels
who have worked together in a bipartisan manner to advance this worthy goal.

Jay Nelson, Northwestern Hawaiian Hawaiian Islands Project Director for The Pew Charitable Trusts
http://www.pewtrusts.com/ideas/index.cfm?issue=16 said, “The President’s decision to designate the
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands as an ocean-based national monument is absolutely unprecedented. With a
stroke of a pen, President Bush has created the largest no-take marine reserve in the world.”

Hawai`i Governor Linda Lingle and Peter Young, her Administration’s Director of the State’s Department of
Land & Natural Resources, and other Hawai`i officials are currently on their way to Washington D.C. to take
part in the historic announcement and ceremony. A brief statement is now posted on the Governor’s Web site @
http://www.hawaii.gov/gov

Media can expect a more-detailed statement to be issued by the Governor’s Office early Thursday. Contact
Russell Pang, Chief of Media Relations @ 808-586-0043. We also understand that the event is to be broadcast
live on CSPAN and video streamed from the White House Web site @ http://www.whitehouse.gov We will
issue an update if and when further details become available.
About the Antiquities Act of 1906
http://www.cr.nps.gov/local-law/anti1906.htm
WASHINGTON POST
“President Bush plans to designate an island chain spanning nearly 1,400 miles of the Pacific northwest of
Hawaii as a national monument today, creating the largest protected marine reserve in the world, according to
sources familiar with the plan.” http://www.washingtonpost.com

LOS ANGELES TIMES

“The Northwestern Hawaiian Islands National Monument will be larger than all of America’s national parks
combined. Fishing will be phased out, and the mining of coral for jewelry will be prohibited, along with other
practices that can damage delicate reefs.”
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-hawaii15jun15,0,6373457.story?coll=la-home-
headlines
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