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The Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI) are home to one of the largest remaining relatively undisturbed coral reef ecosystems on earth.  They support over 7,000 marine species, including endangered Hawaiian monk seals, threatened sea turtles, birds, tropical fish and more.  State waters around the islands - currently unprotected and surrounded by federal protected waters - are the heart of the NWHI coral reefs and are most vulnerable.  Thanks to ongoing support from Native Hawaiian leaders, fishers, scientists, and tens of thousands of Environmental Defense activists, Hawai’i has proposed a NWHI refuge designed to protect this fragile ecosystem. The plan, however, leaves two islands of great importance to Native Hawaiians open to commercial fishing and includes other gaping loopholes.  Please add your own words to a message to the Hawai’i Department of Land and Natural Resources urging them to fully preserve this culturally important and unique habitat.