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Takuma Higashionna looks across the blue waters of Oura Bay towards Camp Schwab in Okinawa on July 23, 2015. Higashionna, who has memories of swimming with the dugong, is against plans to fill in a large portion of the bay to build airstrips for the U.S. military. The environmentally sensitive area is home to many species of coral, fish, and the Okinawan dugong, a mammal protected by the Japanese government.
Tiffany Tompkins-Condie
McClatchy
Marine Mammal Trainer Daniel Ng presents Gracie, a resident dugong, with a cake covered with "Sea Grass" at the Singapore Underwater World on Jan. 13, 2009. The dugong was celebrating its 12th birthday in conjunction with the Chinese Lunar New Year of the Ox.
Wong Maye-E
AP
Activists against plans to fill in a portion of Oura Bay for landing strips outside Camp Schwab have set up tents, chairs, megaphones, signs and posted a history of their military actions on July 23, 2015. The group has been outside the base every day for over a year to demonstrate their position. Here they prepare for a coming typhoon, covering up their gear and putting away anything that could be damaged in high winds.
Tiffany Tompkins-Condie
McClatchy
A tall fence and security camera protects Camp Schwab near planned construction of two airstrips in Oura Bay, a move which is galvanizing protestors from all over Okinawa and Japan. Photo taken on July 23, 2015.
Tiffany Tompkins-Condie
McClatchy
A fishing boat sits just outside orange buoys outlining an area in Oura Bay where planned construction of two airstrips for U.S. base Camp Schwab is galvanizing protestors from all over Okinawa and Japan.
Tiffany Tompkins-Condie
McClatchy
An activist against the Oura Bay expansion steps into the shade of a tent for a break from protesting on July 23, 2015.
Tiffany Tompkins-Condie
McClatchy
A small village near Oura Bay decorates billboards and signs with images of the endangered Okinawan dugong on July 23, 2015. The gentle mammals have become an environmental lightning rod for activists and protestors who oppose plans to build air strips in the waters of Oura Bay.
Tiffany Tompkins-Condie
McClatchy
Hideki Yoshikawa, an anthropologist who teaches at Meio University and University of Ryukyus in Okinawa, and is the Director of the Save the Dugong Campaign Center in Japan, stands near Oura Bay. Photo taken on July 25, 2015.
Tiffany Tompkins-Condie
McClatchy
A beach on Oura Bay is the site of planned construction of two airstrips for U.S. base Camp Schwab. Photo taken July 23, 2015.
Tiffany Tompkins-Condie
McClatchy
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