Martha, I disagree.  The federal government owns and controls about 28% of the United States land mass - most of which is desert (Great Basin, Mohave, etc.) or swaths of Alaska.  Papahānaumokuakea makes up about .009% of the Pacific Ocean.  As far as the total area goes, I wouldn't go so far as to say that 1% of the Pacific Ocean is a "large area" of the ocean.  

Not enough "environmental stuff" is being done to improve the quality of people's lives.  The international community is moving toward greater environmental conservation, while the United States is moving toward greater commercialization of environmental resources - which means greater health costs, greater environmental elitism, and greater environmental burden (maybe that's what Trump meant by "making America great again.")  

People should stop seeing environmental conservation as an impediment to rights and livelihoods; just see it as keeping the world healthy, so future generations can live.  Because that's the truth.