Issue Areas

Priority Ocean Areas for Protection in the Mid-Atlantic

Part 3
Individual Maps and Recommendations

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NRDC experts write about the growing risks to the health of our oceans on the NRDC blog.

Help Protect Polar Bears from Oil Drilling Disaster in the Arctic, and Get Us on Track to a Clean Energy Future: posted by Leila Monroe, 2/7/12
Officially Listed as Endangered, Sturgeon Are on the Slow Way Back: posted by Brad Sewell, 1/31/12
Obama's Call to Move NOAA Could Undermine Ocean Scientists' Independence: posted by Frances Beinecke, 1/15/12