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Kure Atoll

| by Bill Chameides
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A view of Kure Atoll, part of four national marine monuments President Bush has set aside for conservation. More than 300,000 miles of ocean ecosystems are now protected by federal law, but trash coming from the oceans is a persistent problem in some of these areas.

Kure Atoll
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