In the United States, the largest protected area is the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, established in 2006 around the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. It's about 140,000 square miles ...

Part of what makes the island unique is its place on the map ... who works for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument—at 140,000 ...

The Trump administration is opening a national marine monument to commercial fishing, it announced Thursday. The White House ...

An executive order means that US fishers can now operate in certain parts of the 1,282,534 square-kilometer region.

The Hawaii Longline Association called commercial fishing in the vast and deep waters around the Pacific Islands Heritage ...

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Mesa County Sheriff’s Office posted on Facebook that an out-of-town visitor and his dog were visiting the Colorado National Monument when they pulled the car over to enjoy the view. When he ...

Established in 1924, the Wupatki National Monument – part of a collective of Flagstaff Area National Monuments, including Sunset Crater Volcano and Walnut Canyon – is a nature and culture ...

At the Bandelier National Monument, visitors can explore the remnants of one of these settlements. At the base of Frijoles Canyon are a collection of ancient cave dwellings and other stone ...

First he quadrupled the size of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument in northwestern Hawaii, to more than half a million square miles. Only recreational or subsistence fishing is ...

President Trump signs executive order opening Pacific marine national monument to commercial fishing.