Lingle delegation heads to Northwestern Hawaii Islands
By Associated Press
HONOLULU (AP) _ Governor Lingle heads to the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands tomorrow to enlist federal support for the protection of the pristine island chain's environment.
The chairman of the White House Council on Environmental Quality and the deputy secretary of the interior will be accompanying the governor.
Lingle says they are key people who can help have the federal government create a marine sanctuary around the islands in a way that allows the state to remain a partner.
Lingle signed regulations earlier this year making a marine refuge out of the state waters surrounding the islands stretching 12-hundred miles northwest of Kauai.
The state's new refuge bans all fishing within the state waters extending three miles out from the isle shores.
Lingle is pushing for a similar ban in federal waters.
(Copyright 2005 by the Associated Press. All rights reserved.)
HONOLULU (AP) _ Governor Lingle heads to the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands tomorrow to enlist federal support for the protection of the pristine island chain's environment.
The chairman of the White House Council on Environmental Quality and the deputy secretary of the interior will be accompanying the governor.
Lingle says they are key people who can help have the federal government create a marine sanctuary around the islands in a way that allows the state to remain a partner.
Lingle signed regulations earlier this year making a marine refuge out of the state waters surrounding the islands stretching 12-hundred miles northwest of Kauai.
The state's new refuge bans all fishing within the state waters extending three miles out from the isle shores.
Lingle is pushing for a similar ban in federal waters.
(Copyright 2005 by the Associated Press. All rights reserved.)
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