The Department of Lands and Natural Resources’ Sea Turtle Program in collaboration with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration-Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center recently conducted in-water sea turtle surveys around the island of Saipan.  Public Outreach...

What are wetlands? As the name implies, a piece of land that is wet, of course. But there is a deeper explanation for that, a reasoning that can affect the way we live if we don’t take actions to protect it. Before coming in to my DCRM internship, that line of thinking was my...

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 9 Enforcement Division inspector Jennifer MacArthur, in partnership with Division of Environmental Qquality-Toxic Waste Management Branch, conducted RCRA Hazardous Waste Compliance Assistance Inspection at nine facilities on Saipan that...

Everyone enjoys a day out at the beach. It is always a pleasure to walk along a clean corridor of white sandy beach. Hedged between a row of native trees and grassy vegetation on one side and a vast ocean on the other, it forms a natural harbor. The connection between the land...