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Center with generic pinpoint filling monitor then we take special >> pelley: president obama added more of california's majestic coastline this weekútt a national monument, insuring that it will be preserved and protected. but much of the credit for this goes to a photographer. and bill whitaker has his story and his pictures. >> reporter: tell me about this new acquisition for the national monument. what makes it special. >> it's-- you need a photo to describe it. >> reporter: bob wick's photos do more than describe this new addition to the california coastal national monument. they take you...

Two and a half year grass-roots campaign to protect this rugged stretch of mendocino county coastline, a three hour drive north of san francisco. >> my photos did play in a role in that people who weren't visually aware of how spectacular the coastline was could get a feel for it. these big 20 foot swells coming off the pacific and they just explode on the rocks. where the wave wash is going back into the ocean and it's cascading off of the rocks so it looks like waterfalls. >> reporter: when not at his desk in sacramento wick loves showing off the public's crown jewels like these rugged rocks...

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>> the conservation group watches helplessly. >> my initial concern was that the guy who went over head first and backwards was probably going to have suffered a serious neck injury and possibly broken bones, spinal injury. >> seconds pass as the man disappears into the tide pool. when he emerges, it's clear he's in tremendous pain. >> when he came up out of the water he was screaming. i knew at that point he was conscious and alive. which was good. but the best thing for him would be not to move. >> several people in the tide pools rushed over to assist them. it was just minutes after that th...

With white lesions. one by one, it loses each of its arms. this happened in just seven hours. this wasting disease is typically caused by bacteria. it often happens during el nino years when ocean temperatures warm and bacteria grows more quickly. but there is no el nino now and the disease is more widespread than ever, stretching from alaska to southern california. this was a healthy sea star population last year near vancouver, canada. this is what it looks like now. >> we've never seen it like this. never. >> reporter: it's changing the ecosystem on the coast because sea stars eat these bla...