Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument

• Hawaiian island wiped from the map by powerful hurricane

  Researchers confirmed East Island in the French Frigate Shoals received significant damage as a result of Hurricane Walaka — a powerful Category 4 storm — roaring over the islands.

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  Oct 24, 2018
  
• Obama visits Midway to observe world’s largest protected marine monument

  President Barack Obama visited Midway Atoll on Thursday, just a week after he made the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument that surrounds the island the world's largest.

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  Sep 2, 2016
  
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• Obama expands protections around world’s oldest-known living organism

  President Barack Obama expanded the size of the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument off the coast of Hawaii on Friday, making it nearly the same size as the Province of Quebec.

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  Aug 26, 2016