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A rufous fantail (chichirika in CHamorro) darts through the limestone forest understory during a birding field trip at the 3rd Marianas Terrestrial Conservation Conference & Workshop. (MICHAEL LANZONE)
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The 3rd Marianas Terrestrial Conservation Conference & Workshop is over. Held for the first time on Saipan last Nov. 19-20,...the MTCC is the only conference held in the region that brings researchers together around conservation issues facing the islands that make up the Mariana archipelago. Talks included research on recovery of fanihi (Mariana fruit bat), såli (Micronesian starling) and åga (Mariana crow), native skinks, and snails.

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