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National Park of American Samoa
Laws & Policies
 
Public Law 100-571
P.L. 100-571

Relevant laws available in PDF format are:

Public Laws 100-571 -- October 31, 1988 (established the park), and 107-336 -- December 16, 2002 (expanded the park); view as a pdf file.

Broad National Parks policies are relevant to the park.  View NPS Policies as pdf files.

 
The Lease to obtain lands for the park:  Early attempts to establish a national park in American Samoa failed when there seemed no way for the government to acquire traditionally owned village lands for a public park.  Decades later the High Court of American Samoa and the U.S. Congress developed a compromise allowing lease of the necessary lands for this park.  The lease agreement colors many of the visitor and park management practices that can occur within the park.  View the lease agreement as a pdf file.
Pacific golden plover in breeding plumage—soon to be flying 5,500 miles to the Alaskan Arctic  

Did You Know?
During northern summers, three shorebirds--plover, turnstone, and tattler--nest in Alaska and northern Canada. After nesting, they fly non-stop over 3,000 miles of open ocean to Hawaii. After briefly resting there, they fly more thousands of miles to Samoa. The round-trip is 11,000 miles.

Last Updated: September 12, 2008 at 04:34 EST