UH student seeks answers to island's
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One good deed President Bush and his Administration has done for the Polynesian Nations and the Hawaiian Islands. Thank You Mr. Bush, Please protect and save our precious Aina and Kai for if humans continue their course mankind will lose these precious areas.
I'm one of the lucky few to ever step foot on Nihoa – a remote, mysterious little island whose closest neighbor, Ni'ihau, lies beyond the horizon, about 120 miles southeast. The ancestors of my people, Native Hawaiians, somehow lived, farmed and worshipped on Nihoa – in the middle of nowhere – where their remnants still stand, frozen in time.
Accessing Nihoa – which lies within the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument – is tricky. There's a tiny sandy beach in the south bay that may have once been used for access. But endangered Hawaiian monk seals currently haul out there, and federal laws protecting endangered species prevent people from using the beach. Inaccessibility combined with a stringent permitting process has prevented humans from visiting – and thereby impacting – the island. According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, just 26 groups have been onto Nihoa in 28 years, and the vast majority of these visits were by U.S. Fish and Wildlife staff.
I'm one of the lucky few to ever step foot on Nihoa – a remote, mysterious little island whose closest neighbor, Ni'ihau, lies beyond the horizon, about 120 miles southeast. The ancestors of my people, Native Hawaiians, somehow lived, farmed and worshipped on Nihoa – in the middle of nowhere – where their remnants still stand, frozen in time.
Accessing Nihoa – which lies within the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument – is tricky. There's a tiny sandy beach in the south bay that may have once been used for access. But endangered Hawaiian monk seals currently haul out there, and federal laws protecting endangered species prevent people from using the beach. Inaccessibility combined with a stringent permitting process has prevented humans from visiting – and thereby impacting – the island. According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, just 26 groups have been onto Nihoa in 28 years, and the vast majority of these visits were by U.S. Fish and Wildlife staff.
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