California's marine reserve network now complete
Wednesday, December 19, 2012 - 02:00
in Earth & Climate
In the works since 1999, California's reserve, meant to protect marine life, is the largest network of undersea parks in the continental United States.Surviving budget cuts, mobs of angry fishermen and death threats, California officials today completed the largest network of undersea parks in the continental United States — 848 square miles of protected waters that reach from the Oregon state line to the Mexican border.