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U.S. Pacific Remote Island Areas (PRIAs) The U.S. Pacific Remote Island Area (PRIA) includes seven islands, atolls and reefs in the Central Pacific that are under the jurisdiction of the United States. Baker, Howland and Jarvis islands, Johnston Atoll, Palmyra Atoll (owned by the Nature Conservancy), and Kingman Reef lie between Hawai‘i and American Samoa . Wake Island is located between the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands and Guam. Wake is an unincorporated territory of the U.S. that is administered by the Department of the Interior (DOI) and the U.S. Air Force. All except Wake and Johnston are administered as National Wildlife Refuges (NWR) by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) of the Department of the Interior (DOI). Johnston Atoll is managed by the Department of Defense (DOD). Wake Island (or Wake Atoll) is under the jurisdiction of DOI, and managed by DOD. Some include Rose Atoll (the easternmost of the Samoan Islands) and Midway Atoll (located near the northern end of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands) among the PRIAs. The U.S. claimed most of these uninhabited islands under the Guano Act of 1856. In the absence of human activities, the coral reef ecosystems of the PRIAs remained undisturbed until the early 20th century. During World War II, the U.S. constructed and occupied military bases at Johnston, Palmyra, Wake, Midway, and Baker. Jarvis and Howland were also briefly occupied or utilized during the war. With the closure of the military base at Johnston Atoll in 2004, only Wake Island remains an active U.S. military base. Even today, all the PRIAs have escaped coral reef ecosystem degradation caused by coastal development, associated pollutants, and major shipping lanes. Public entry to the islands is by special-use permit from the USFWS only and generally restricted to scientists and educators. Only Midway Atoll and Palmyra Atoll have serviceable runways; Baker Island, Howland Island, and Johnston no longer have functional airstrips.
More Photos State of The Reefs report (SOTR) The State of Coral Reef Ecosystems of the United States and Pacific Freely Associated States: 2008. The State of Coral Reef Ecosystems of the United States and Pacific Freely Associated States: 2005. Metadata, Data and Publications search in CoRIS Search the CoRIS Library for U.S. Pacific Remote Island Areas (PRIAS) metadata, data and publications. You may also enter the name of any atoll, island or reef in the CoRIS Library Quick Search field and press the "Submit" button. ReefBase Coral Bleaching Reports Select " U.S. Pacific Islands" in the Region window and select the name of the atoll, island, or reef in the Country window Pacific Islands Benthic Habitat Mapping Center Real Time and Near-Real Time Monitoring Data CREI Moored instruments with telemetry SST and DHW Time Series -Palmyra Atoll Executive orders, Secretarial Orders, and Congressional Acts Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge Kingman Reef National Wildlife Refuge U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service – Pacific Islands U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Pacific/Remote Islands National Wildlife Refuge Complex: Baker, Howland and Jarvis Islands U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Pacific/Remote Islands National Wildlife Refuge Complex: Johnston Island U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Pacific/Remote Islands National Wildlife Refuge Complex: Kingman Reef U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Pacific/Remote Islands National Wildlife Refuge Complex: Palmyra Atoll U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Pacific/Remote Islands National Wildlife Refuge Complex: Rose Atoll U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service – Pacific Islands Department of the Interior Office of Insular affairs http://www.doi.gov/oia/Islandpages/johnstonpage.htm http://www.doi.gov/oia/Islandpages/palmyrapage.htm http://www.doi.gov/oia/Islandpages/kingmanpage.htm http://www.doi.gov/oia/Islandpages/bhpage.htm http://www.doi.gov/oia/Islandpages/jarvispage.htm Bibliography of Education Materials (General for Coral refs) Marine Protected Areas/ Marine Managed Areas National Marine Fisheries Service Inventory of Marine Managed Areas Report on the Status of Marine Protected Areas in Coral Reef Ecosystems of the United States. Volume 1: Marine Protected Areas Managed by U.S. States, Territories, and Commonwealths. NOAA Technical Memorandum CRCP 2 February 2007 Marine Protected Areas of the United States Home Page The Marine Protected Areas Inventory Marine Federal Areas Fact Sheet Executive order 13158: Marine Protected Areas Baker Island National Wildlife Refuge Howland island National Wildlife Refuge Johnston Island National Wildlife Refuge Howland, Baker and Jarvis Islands National Wildlife Refuge Kingman Reef National Wildlife Refuge Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge
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