30-03-2017 16:36 via seattletimes.com

Nature groups want role in suit challenging marine monument

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Environmental groups that want to save a marine monument created by former President Barack Obama in the Atlantic Ocean off New England’s coast are asking to intervene in a federal lawsuit that challenges its creation. They say the nearly 5,000-square-mile monument area has “extraordinary scientific and ecological importance,” including its rare […]
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