This special two-part LA Times series focuses on California's underwater sanctuaries, and the federal government's surprising new interest in them.
The process of re-imagining America's underwater sanctuaries is underway, and in a fashion so novel and homespun that it could be called an experiment in 21st century postmodern resource governance. California's sanctuaries at the Channel Islands, Monterey Bay, the Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank are the underwater equivalent of rain forests.
Thanks to Chris Steins
FULL STORY: Shoring Up Little Slices of the Seas
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