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Voyage to Kure in the news: President Bush, inspired by our PBS series, announced Northwestern Hawaiian Islands as America's newest National Monument.
(June 15, 2006)

The historic announcement by President Bush naming the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands a national monument and the world's largest protected marine area was inspired in part by the PBS documentary series Jean-Michel Cousteau: Ocean Adventures Voyage to Kure, which premiered April 5, 2006 on PBS stations nationwide.

• Get the PBS press release (at pbs.org)
• Read an interview with Jean-Michel Cousteau on PBS NewsHour (at pbs.org)
• Listen to the NPR report (at npr.org)
• Watch video of the President's remarks (at whitehouse.gov)
• Learn more at the NOAA Web site (at noaa.gov)
• Read full episode description

• NWHI Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve official site (at hawaiireef.noaa.gov)
• NWHI National Marine Sanctuary Encyclopedia includes natural history, video clips, images and fact sheets about NWHI marine life (at noaa.gov)
• United States Fish and Wildlife, Pacific/Remote Islands National Wildlife Refuge provides news and information on endangered species and conservation efforts (at fws.gov)
• Division of Aquatic Resources, Dept. of Land and Natural Resources, State of Hawai'i has a detailed map of marine managed areas in the main Hawaiian Islands (at state.hi.us/dlnr)
• NWHI Multi-Agency Education Project is a collaborative educational site (at hawaiianatolls.org)
• Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge features detailed information on the flora and fauna as well as Midway's history (at fws.gov/midway)
• Polynesian Voyaging Society has rich resources detailing the 2004 NWHI voyage of the double hulled canoe Hokule'a (at pvs.kcc.hawaii.edu)