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The Mariana eight-spot butterfly is shown in the Guam National Wildlife Refuge's Ritidian Unit. Photo - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Lawsuit: Lack of designated habitat imperils plants, animals

July 23, 2021

In the six years since listing 23 regional plants and animals as “endangered species,” the federal government has yet to designate any critical habitats to help protect them from extinction. This inaction is at the heart of a lawsuit filed in the U.S.

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Guam could lose more control over land, waters with proposed critical habitat designation

February 10, 2021

The question of how much control we really have when it comes to our land and our waters is one we've been asking ourselves for decades.

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