Obama expands Pacific Ocean Marine Reserve to 6 times current size

NEW YORK (AP) — Far off America’s shores, an ocean reserve flush with rare seabirds, turtles and marine mammals will grow to roughly three times the size of California under a memorandum that President Barack Obama signed Sept. 25. The expanded Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument will cover 490,000 square...

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