Bush protects Hawaiian islands

It's not on the Gulf Coast but it's a good start. Could the designation of 140,000 square miles of coral reefs, islands and atolls be a sign that Bush is bending to public pressure to do something for the environment? It seems he really liked the Cousteau movie on the area, and since there's no oil there it wasn't a problem to do something good there. I don't care why he did it, it's a great step forward for conservation.