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US Fish and Wildlife to host Open House meetings on Saipan, Guam
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is holding Open House meetings on Saipan and in Guam. The information meetings will provide an opportunity for interested parties to learn about the process for proposing new threatened or endangered species under the U.S. Endangered Species Act and proposing critical habitat.
The Service is considering whether certain species in Guam and the CNMI warrant protection under the Endangered Species Act through listing and critical habitat.
The Saipan Open House will be held at the American Memorial Park Visitor Center in Garapan on Wednesday, May 14, from 6pm to 8pm.
The Guam Open House will be held at the University of Guam, School of Business and Public Administration, Anthony Leon Guerrero Room 129, Mangilao, Guam on Friday, May 16, from 6pm to 8pm.
Twenty-three species located in Guam and the CNMI are under consideration for listing as either endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species Act. Species under consideration include seven candidate species (one bat, four tree snails and two butterflies); we are also considering listing and additional 14 plant species and two animals. The Service is concurrently considering designating critical habitat for these species (if listed) and revising critical habitat for currently listed species in Guam and the CNMI. The species under consideration are:
“The Service greatly values public input and we hope that people will come to these meetings, share their knowledge, learn, or suggest ways to protect some of the rarest plants and animals in the Mariana Islands,” said Loyal Mehrhoff, the Service’s field supervisor for the Pacific Islands Fish and Wildlife Office.
To learn more about the Pacific island’s Endangered Species program, go to http://www.fws.gov/pacificislands/. (USFWS)
