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[HStallion]

...and George W. Bush should get due credit as well for creating it in the first place. Obama has just increased its size. Seeing as the National Parks Service turned 100 and the oceans are just as vital as the land we live on I figure this was pretty cool and keeps a lot of ocean safe from mining and over fishing. We honestly need more of these and for huge swaths of the ocean like the Great Barrier Reef and other important and sensitive parts of the ocean.

NPR: Protected Marine Area Near Hawaii Is Now Twice The Size Of Texas

The Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument was created by President George W. Bush in 2006. At the time, it was seven times larger than all the other U.S. marine sanctuaries combined and the biggest marine reserve in the world.

On Friday, Obama signed a proclamation expanding the monument to more than 580,000 square miles — twice the size of Texas, and once again the world's largest.

Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument: 2016 Hohonu

 

[Trojita]

How do you pronounce that? And can I have George W. Bush pronounce it?

 

[HStallion]

How do you pronounce that? And can I have George W. Bush pronounce it?

Its in the NPR article. Its a mouthful haha

 

[Hypron]

Its in the NPR article. Its a mouthful haha

Wait till you get a load of this.

 

[HK-47]

Wait till you get a load of this.

The translation is more amazing than I could have hoped.

 

[Makonero]

The translation is more amazing than I could have hoped.

I need to take up the nose flute

 

[exmachina64]

Good job, Obama.

We honestly need more of these and for huge swaths of the ocean like the Great Barrier Reef and other important and sensitive parts of the ocean.

Damn right.