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SENATOR INOUYE ANNOUNCES $8 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING TOWARD PURCHASE OF PALMYRA ATOLL FOR NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE
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SENATOR INOUYE ANNOUNCES 48 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING TOWARD PURSE
OF
PALMYRA ATOLL FOR NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE
January 6, 1998
For Immediate Release
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- United States Senator Daniel K. Inouye announced
today
that the Congress has approved the release of $8 million toward the
purchase
of the privately-owned Palmyra Atoll for addition to the U.S. Fish
and
Wildlife Service's Hawaii and Pacific Islands National Wildlife Refuge
Complex.
Palmyra Atoll is about 1000 miles south of Honolulu and includes approximately
600 terrestrial acres and 15,000 acres ...
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