Legal underwater monument.

• Author: Cohn, Jeffrey P.
• Position: Upfront

Your readers might be interested in an update on my Virgin Islands National Park stow (January-February 2003), which referred to the controversy concerning then-president Clinton's declaration of the Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument in January 2001. A report by the General Accounting Office released last November found that the U.S. government owns virtually all of the underwater land; thus, the presidential...