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Meetings will address coral reef reserve order
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Star-Bulletin staff
Public meetings will be held next week concerning President Clinton's executive order to establish an 84 million-acre coral reserve around the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
The Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve is the largest protected area ever created in the United States. The area includes nearly 70 percent of America's coral reefs, or about 3.5 million acres.
Clinton, in making his announcement Monday, called it vital to move quickly on protecting the reefs because they are home to thousands of species of fish and wildlife that can be found ...
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