Obama designates world’s largest protected area — it’s underwater

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By Katie HerzogAug 26, 2016, 1:27 pm192 pts
President Obama, who marked the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service by designating a whole new land monument in Maine, is giving oceans some love, too. On Friday, he expanded the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument, also known as Papahānaumokuākea, to 582,578 square miles. At…

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