Webinar: Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument Renaming and Cultural Recognition Report
Join the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and NOAA Fisheries for a presentation on the results of the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument Renaming and Cultural Recognition Assessment.
About
Are you interested in the renaming process for the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument? Then join this upcoming webinar to learn more about the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument Renaming and Cultural Recognition Assessment.
The webinar is being hosted by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and will highlight the results of the assessment; answer questions on the report; and share information on upcoming engagement events and the renaming process. We invite members of the public, including Native Hawaiian and Pacific Island Community leaders, to participate.
Attend the Webinar
- American Samoa: 10:30 a.m. SST on Tuesday, May 14, 2024
- Hawai‘i: 11:30 a.m. HST on Tuesday, May 14, 2024
- Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands: 7:30 a.m. ChST on Wednesday, May 15, 2024
- Registration link
Learn more about the renaming process and the webinar
Background
Following the President’s direction, the Commerce Department and the Department of the Interior are conducting a public process to work with regional Indigenous cultural leaders to appropriately rename the existing Pacific Remote Islands National Monument—and potentially the Islands themselves. The renaming will honor the area’s heritage, ancestral pathways, and stopping points for Pacific Island voyagers, and provide posthumous recognition for young Native Hawaiian men sent to secure U.S. territorial claim to the islands in the run up to World War II.
As part of this process, the Udall Foundation’s John S. McCain III National Center for Environmental Conflict Resolution conducted an assessment to gather input from a broad range of individuals and groups interested in renaming and cultural recognition for the Monument.
The outcomes of the assessment will advise and inform any processes to rename the Monument, the seven National Wildlife Refuges that rest within the Monument boundary, and place-based areas including geographic features, islands, and ocean areas in and adjacent to the Monument.
The Pacific Remote Islands National Marine Monument is cooperatively managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, on behalf of the Department of Interior, and by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, on behalf of the Department of Commerce.
Questions?
Please contact Malia Chow, Chief, NOAA Fisheries Pacific Marine National Monuments Program, at (808) 725-5015, if you have questions about the webinar.