Click any Link (below) for further documentation relating to Midway –
Presidential Executive Orders
►Presidential Executive Orders – All
►Executive Order 11048 – Administration of Wake Island and Midway Island – 9/4/1962
►Executive Order 13022 –Administration of the Midway Islands – 10/31/1996
►Executive Order 13178 – NW Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve – 12/4/2000
1970 –
►Reef Hotel Deep Drilling Report for Midway – PDF – 6.7Mbt
1997 –
►October 8, 1997 –
Midway Phoenix – Donation Letter
1999 –
►July 16, 1999 – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has issued the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge Historic Preservation Plan as part of its responsibilities for the long-term management of historic properties on Midway Atoll. This plan defines a program to integrate historic preservation planning with the wildlife conservation mission of the Service.
November 29, 1999
Public Law 106-113 – Nov. 29, 1999
2001 –
►Visitor Counts – MPC – Year 2001
2003 –
►December 9, 2003 – IMMF Feasibility Study
The IMMF submitted a Feasibility Study to Assistant Secretary of Interior Judge Craig Manson. This document offered an example of Midway having a Visitor Program and operating Midway at near-no-cost to the American Taxpayer.
6 Pages – Word DOCX Download – 19 Kbt
2004 –
►October 30, 2004
Prior Permission to Land – Denied –
2005 –
►April 12, 2005
Visitor Program Feasibility Study
PDF – 98 Pages – 1.68 Mbt
►May 26, 2005 – Oversight Hearing – PUBLIC ACCESS WITHIN THE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SYSTEM
Oversight Hearing Transcripts
May 26, 2005 – 426 Kbt
►September 30, 2005
DOT – Review of Costs of The Airfield on Midway
PDF – 56 Pages – 1.031 Mbt
2008 –
►April – 2008
Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge Draft Conceptual Site Plan
PDF – 94 Pages – 25.738 Mbt
►December – 2008
►Visitor Services Plan
PDF – 2.029Mbt
2009 –
►March 11, 2009 – Hams to Activate Midway Atoll as K4M in October 2009 –
Watch Video Here
2012 –
►June 4, 2012
Battle of Midway FWS Brochure – PDF – 830Kbt
2013 –
►Cable Station Buildings – One Restored – Four Demolished – 2013
►FWS Document – Dated May 22, 2013 – 1 Page
2014 –
►November 20, 2014 – Congressional Oversight Hearing – Video Link – 1 hour and 21 minutes
►Chairman Fleming Opening Comments
►Chris Jordan – Written Testimony – Oversight Hearing
►Mike_Daak_Written_Testimony_2014_Hearing.pdf
►FWS – Forester – Written Testimony – Oversight Hearing – 250 Kbt
►IMMF – Dr. James D’Angelo – Written Testimony – Oversight Hearing
►Oversight Hearing Transcripts – November 20, 2014 – 426 Kbt – Link
►Chairman Fleming – Closing Remarks – Video, 2 min 23 seconds
2015 –
►The IMMF receives its first Consult Letter, from the FWS
2016 –
►June 2, 2016 – GAO Report Released
►GAO Report Released To Public – PDF document – 26.45Mbt
►GAO Report Photos – All Photos from the April 2015 GAO Audit
►Link to Photos of Midway Registered Historic Landmarks
►GAO Video – From April 2015 GAO Audit of Midway
►GAO – Federal News Radio Interview – 10 minute audio
►Sept 1, 2016 – President Obama – 2nd President to Visit Midway Island
2020–
►July 6, 2020 – Volunteer Denied to volunteer for FWS at Midway
►Unsat Issues – Updated 8/39/2023 – USFWS Mismanagement Issues at Midway Island – PDF document – 448K
I am interested in knowing whether the Midway Atoll visitor program is going to resume. I am interested in participating in the program.
From my vantage point, there’s not a chance that FWS will ever reopen a Visitor Program at Midway. However, there a lot of interesting things being done, behind the curtain, to remove absolute control and jurisdiction away from the FWS. It’s nearly criminal how FWS has cared for Historic Preservation at Midway. Many of us hope FWS will be held accountable for what they’ve done to Midway. Stay tuned.