Deborah: My district did not include the nation of Indonesia. Just those
under the American flag. Hawaii, Samoa, Guam, Howland, Baker, Jarvis,
Johnston, the Line and the Phoenix Islands and the then U.S. Trust
Territories of the Pacific which included the Palau, Yap, Northern
Mariannas like Saipan, the Marshalls, Pohnpei and Truk districts.
Some 2,000 islands of which only a little over 200 were inhabited in an
area of about 4 million square miles. The Trust Territories are no more,
but some opted for independence or Commonwealth status with the U.S.
Palau, Truk, Yap, Phonpei, Kosaie, are now the independent Federated
States of the Pacific. The Marshalls opted for independence..The
Mariannas opted for commonwealth status with the U.S, Guam we acquired
from Spain as a result of the Spanish-American War at the turn of this
present century. Howland, Baker, Jarvis are now National Wildlife
Refuges. as is Rose Atoll of American Samoa. Western Samoa gained their
independence from New Zealand some years ago. I hope this answers your
question. Gene Kridler

Deborah Wisti-Peterson wrote:

> hello eugene.
>
> i noticed that you are a retired endangered species
> coordinator for the central and western pacific islands,
> so i wondered if you might know if there is someone out
> there who has a similar role for species located on the
> indonesian (far western? or is that region considered
> eastern?) pacific islands? i also wonder where your
> pacific ocean side boundary is (was?) located?
>
> regards,
>
> Deborah Wisti-Peterson email:nyneve at u.washington.edu
> Department of Zoology, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash, USA
> Visit me on the web: http://weber.u.washington.edu/~nyneve/
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