Features
Acropora polystoma
Colonies are irregular clumps with tapered branches of similar length and shape.
Wildlife & Habitat
Montipora peltiformis
This coral has an encrusting base and will develop plates or scrolls with a textured appearance.
Wildlife & Habitat
Tubastraea coccinea
Orange-cup coral, an invasive species, may compete with native benthic invertebrates by compromising the space in their communities.
Wildlife & Habitat
Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument
Baker Island National Wildlife Refuge and six other national wildlife refuges are seemingly just dots near the equator of the Pacific Ocean, but upon a closer look these islands, reefs, and atolls are at the epicenter of Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument, one of the largest marine conservation areas in the world. These refuges host terrestrial and marine life in numbers and unique and specialized life forms beyond our imagination and they provide a safe haven for millions of birds and marine life that swarm to shallow areas and islands to rest, to feed, to mate, and to give life to their off-spring.
Learn MoreU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Baker Island National Wildlife Refuge is managed by the Fish & Wildlife Service in the Marine Monuments Program of the Pacific Islands Refuges and Monuments Office (PIRAMO). For more information contact: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service/Baker Island National Wildlife Refuge, Box 50167, Honolulu, HI 96850 808-792-9540.
Monuments and Refuges of the Central Pacific OceanAbout the NWRS
The National Wildlife Refuge System, within the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, manages a national network of lands and waters set aside to conserve America’s fish, wildlife, and plants.
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Protecting the Pacific's Cultural and Historical Heritage
Colonizing the islands was a harrowing experience that claimed the lives of three young men: Carl Kahalewai who died of appendicitis in 1938, and Joseph Keliihananui and Richard “Dickey” Whaley who were killed during an attack on the island on December 8, 1941.
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Masked Boobies
The masked booby lives on the open ocean. It only comes on land to breed and raise its young.
Page Photo Credits — James Maragos/USFWS
Last Updated: Mar 25, 2016