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White Sands National Monument Facts
Gross Area Acres for FY 2004 - 143,733
Gross Area Acres for FY 2003 - 143,733
Total Recreation Visits for FY 2004- 442,441
Total Recreation Visits for FY 2003- 482,535
FY 2004 Annual Budget is $1,351,000
FY 2003 Annual Budget is $1,356,000
Maine ocean islands provide the only nesting sites for Atlantic puffins in the United States. Eastern Egg Rock in the midcoast region, Seal Island and Matinicus Rock at the mouth of Penobscot Bay, and Machias Seal Island and Petit Manan Island off the downeast coast provide habitat for more than 4,000 puffins each summer.