Dear people of the Marianas: I have promised to keep you informed about the Mariana Trench Marine National Monument and here is the latest information I have recently learned. The nomination to the bring the sanctuary program to the CNMI is stalled. I think it’s important for the...

The threat of a lawsuit did not move the Department of the Navy to comply with Endangered Species Act, according to a Joint Region Marianas yesterday. Instead, the Navy was already in steps to comply with environmental law for threats posed to endangered species by the Marianas...

Sen. Jude U. Hofschneider (R-Tinian) has written to federal officials to oppose the status review of the Tinian monarch, citing steps the CNMI agencies are taking to translocate and grow the population of this native and rare bird species on Tinian. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife...

The Department of Land and Natural Resources believes the decision made by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to list 23 species in Guam and the CNMI as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act was rushed. According to DLNR, they supported the listing of seven of...