What does NMS stand for?

Davis served as the top Republican on the committee that oversaw federal Great Lakes policy and championed the process that eventually led to the establishment of the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary near Alpena.

In an effort to protect the famous ironclad, the shipwreck was designated Monitor National Marine Sanctuary in January 1975.

DEP's Office of Coastal and Aquatic Managed Areas (CAMA) manages Rookery Bay Reserve along with aquatic preserves, two other National Estuarine Research Reserves and the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.

GAO investigators spent three years studying four representative areas: the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, Alaska's Chugach National Forest, Montana's Glacier National Park, and grasslands and shrubs managed by the BLM in northwestern Arizona.

To honor his work, the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, located just off the Massachusetts coast, was dedicated in his name in 1996.

It's the Underwater Pumpkin Carving Contest at the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary and it sure makes dookin' for apples look tame.

Byline: Bill Becher Special to the Daily News SANTA BARBARA - The California Fish and Game Commission voted Wednesday to close 10 percent of the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary to all fishing, creating a network of marine reserves to protect fish species and habitats.

Persuasive evidence shows that coral reef systems worldwide are subject to a host of natural and human-caused stresses and that these factors contributing to coral reef decline will continue unless we move to action," says Joanne Delaney, a research interpreter for the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, which works to preserve and protect the Florida Keys' coral reefs.