Thank President Obama for Making History for the Ocean!
The United States has made history by creating the world’s largest marine protected area!
Will you join us in thanking President Obama for designating this marine monument, protecting the ocean and leaving an important legacy for future generations of Americans?
Located in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, about halfway between Hawaii and Australia, the world’s largest marine protected area will protect a treasure trove of unique and irreplaceable natural resources including:
- Over 130 seamounts, or undersea mountains — the majority of which are unexplored.
- An estimated 14 million seabirds representing 19 species that use these areas as feeding and breeding grounds, including the endangered black-footed albatross and Phoenix petrel.
- Important habitat for protected species of sea turtles and marine mammals, some of which are critically endangered, like leatherback and green sea turtles, and the sei whale and blue whale.
- Remarkably rich coral ecosystems, with corals up to 5,000 years old.
Please join us in saying "Thank you" to President Obama for creating the world’s largest marine sanctuary!
Dear President Obama,
Thank you for expanding the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument and leaving an important legacy for future generations of Americans.
The Pacific Remote Islands are important for a wide variety of ocean users, all of whom have a stake in the future of this region.
The five interconnected protected areas that make up the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument and the waters around them are an ecological treasure unlike anything else in the U.S.
They are some of the richest areas on Earth for sea life, and some of the least disturbed. They are of global and regional importance for large predatory fishes, seabirds, marine mammals and turtles. By expanding the boundary of the monument out to 200 nautical miles in the areas surrounding Johnston Atoll, Wake Atoll and Jarvis Island, you have provided permanent protection for an entire ecosystem from the near shore to the deep sea.
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Thank you for expanding the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument!
Sincerely,
[Your name]
