President Bush may be on the brink of doing something at odds with his record as one of the worst environmental stewards ever to inhabit the White House. He is considering setting aside three vast, remote corners of the Pacific Ocean for protection .

By Handler, Alex T Gruner, Daniel S; Haines, William P; Lange, Matthew W; Kaneshiro, Kenneth Y Abstract: Palmyra Atoll, in the Line Islands of the equatorial Pacific, supports one of the largest remaining native stands of Pisonia grandis forest in the tropical Pacific Ocean.