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Article: White House Fact Sheet: Working to Protect Hawaii's Rich Coral Reefs
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- May 26, 2000
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WASHINGTON, May 26 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following was released
today by the White House:
PRESIDENT CLINTON: WORKING TO PROTECT HAWAII'S RICH CORAL REEFS
May 26, 2000
President Clinton will today direct the Secretary of Commerce and
the Secretary of the Interior to develop a plan to permanently
protect the coral reefs of the Northwest Hawaiian Islands, which
represent nearly 70 percent of the coral reefs in U.S. waters. The
Secretaries will develop the plan over the next 90 days with public
input and in cooperation with the state of Hawaii.
America's Premier Coral Reefs. The Northwest Hawaiian Islands are
an archipelago of islands over 1200 miles long located west of the
main Hawaiian ...