The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is one of the three co-trustee agencies, along with the State of Hawaii and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, charged with managing the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, the largest marine protected area on Earth. The Monument encompasses two National Wildlife Refuges - the Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife Refuge, and the Midway Atoll National Wildife Refuge as well as a State of Hawaii Marine Refuge and the Kure Atoll Wildife Sanctuary, and the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve. To learn more about Papahānaumokuākea please visit: http://www.hawaiireef.noaa.gov/about/welcome.html

Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument
6600 Kalaniana'ole Highway, #300
Honolulu, HI 96825
phone: (808) 397-2660
fax: (808) 397-2662
website: http://www.hawaiireef.noaa.gov
e-mail: nwhi@noaa.gov

Hawaiian and Pacific Islands National Wildlife Refuge Complex
300 Ala Moana Boulevard Room 5-231
Honolulu, HI 96850
phone: (808) 541-1201
fax: (808) 541-1216

Division of Aquatic Resources
1151 Punchbowl Street, Rm. 330
Honolulu, HI 96813
phone: (808)-587-0100
fax: (808) 587-0115
website: http://www.state.hi.us/dlnr/dar/

Division of Forestry and Wildlife
1151 Punchbowl Street, Rm. 325
Honolulu, HI 96813
Phone: (808) 973-9787
Fax: (808) 587-0160
website: http://www.state.hi.us/dlnr/dofaw/

National Marine Fisheries Service
Honolulu Laboratory
2570 Dole Street
Honolulu, HI 96822
phone: (808) 983-5303
fax: (808) 983-2901
website: http://www.nmfs.hawaii.ed

Numerous University of Hawai‘i researchers and scientists from the Manoa and Hilo campuses are participating in this project. Many went along on the expedition, while others from various UH departments are collaborating to develop and support the project's education and outreach program. UH units involved in the project include UH Manoa's Kamakakuokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies, Hawai‘i Networked Learning Communities (HNLC), Hawai‘i Undersea Research Lab, Sea Grant College Program, and the Waikiki Aquarium, as well as researchers from UH Manoa's School of Ocean & Earth Science & Technology and Department of Botany, and the UH Hilo Marine Science Department.

The Laboratory for Interactive Learning Technologies
at the Department of Information and Computer Sciences is hosting this web site with support from the National Science Foundation.

University of Hawai‘i at Manoa
2444 Dole Street
Honolulu, HI 96822
(808) 956-8111

Bishop Museum and the Hawai`i Maritime Center have conducted teacher trainings on the NWHI, and are very active in supporting the 2000 NOWRAMP expedition including sending back broadcasts from the expedition and providing showings at the Maritime Center.

Bishop Museum's teacher workshops, Navigating Change exhibit, and video transmissions are part of the Exploration Program, an educational partnership with NASA.

1525 Bernice Street
Honolulu, HI 96817
Ph: (808) 847-3511
Fax: (808) 841-8968
website: http://www.bishopmuseum.org/

Scientists from the University of California, Santa Cruz, have participated in all three of the annual NOWRAMP expeditions. Led by Donald Potts, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, the UCSC researchers are focusing on coral biodiversity surveys and mapping of coral reef habitat.

UCSC Public Information Office
University Relations
1156 High Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95064
Phone: (831) 459-4352
Fax: (831) 459-5795
website: http://www.ucsc.edu