Opposition Letters from the CNMI, Guam and Pacific Islands

Local Community Leaders Discuss the Proposed Monument at the Chamorro Carolinian Language Policy Commission Panel, June 3rd, 2008

Opposition from the CNMI

From the Governor of the CNMI

4/29/2008 -Letter to President Bush, RE: Designation of a Marine National Monument in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands 

From the Mayor of the Northern Islands

6/06/2008- Letter to President Bush, RE: Designation of a Marine national Monument in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

From the Mayor of Saipan

6/09/2008 - Letter to President Bush, RE: Designation of a Marine National Monument in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

From the Mayor of Tinian

6/12/2008 - Letter to President Bush, RE: Designation of a Marine national Monument in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

From the Mayor of Rota

7/15/2008 - Letter to President Bush, RE: The Charitable Trusts Proposal to Designate a national Marine Monument in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana islands

From the CNMI Speaker of the House and Senate President

8/06/2008 - Letter to President Bush, RE: Proposed Marianas Trench National Marine Monument

From Concerned Citizens  of the CNMI

9/15/2008 - Letter to President Bush

From The Manamko Council

10/20/2008 - Resolution to reject every National Marine Monument Proposal

From the Carolinian Affairs Advisory Committee

10/20/2008 - Resolution to reject every National Marine Proposal

From First Lady Josie P. Fitial to First lady Laura W. Bush

11/12/2008 - Letter to the First Lady

House & Senate Resolutions

The Senate Joint Resolution No. 16-04

4/29/2008 - To Respectfully Request that the President of the United States refrain from unilaterally creating a Northern Islands National Monument and imposing the regulatory burdens appurtenant thereto upon the People of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands without the consent of the local government.

The House Joint Resolution No. 16-13

Summer  2008 - To respectfully inform the President of the United States that on behalf of the People of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Island that the Sixteenth Commonwealth Legislature strongly opposes the creation of a Northern Islands National Monument.

Opposition from the Territory of Guam

10/24/2008 - Letter to James Connaughton, Council of Environmental Quality

From Guam's Fishermen's Cooperative Association

10/24/2008 - Letter to the Council of Environmental Quality

10/24/2008 - Letter to President Bush

From Ben C. Pangelinan, Senator of Guam

10/26/2008 - Letter to the Council of Environmental Quality

From Felix P. Camacho, the Governor of Guam

10/27/2008 - Letter to James Connaughton, Council of Environmental Quality

From Dr. Judith P. Guthertz, Assistant Majority Leader, Guam Legislature

Letter to The Council on Environmental Quality

Opposition from Other Pacific Islands

From The 10th Micronesian Chief Executives Summit

11/20/2008 - Letter to President Bush