This could soon be a first-of-its-kind marine sanctuary
By Lauren Sommer|Regina G. Barber|Berly McCoy|Rebecca RamirezFor more than decade, members of the Chumash tribe have led a campaign to create a new marine sanctuary on the central California coast. It could include waters off Point Conception, a sacred site for the Chumash people. Robert Schwemmer/NOAA hide caption
toggle caption Robert Schwemmer/NOAAMore than 5,000 square miles of central California coast could soon become the newest national marine sanctuary in U.S. It could also make history as one of the first federal sanctuaries to be initiated by a Native American tribe, part of a growing movement to give tribes a say over the lands and waters that were once theirs.
The campaign is being led by the Chumash people and has spanned more than a decade. Becoming the would mean the waters are largely protected from development, like oil rigs and wind turbines.
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