#papahanaumokuakea national marine monument

Midway Atoll is the only place on Earth where Layasan, Black-footed, and endangered short-tailed albatross chicks live side by side, according to staff at the islandʻs Midway Atoll Refuge and Memorial. This year, two new chicks are joining the flock. Wisdom, a 68-year-old Laysan albatross, hatched a new chick just this week. According to refuge […]

Today’s action creates the largest protected area in the world, and expands the size of the original Papahānaumokuākea monument more than four fold.