For Immediate Release,
July 20, 2021
Contact:
Julian Aguon, Blue Ocean Law, (671) 472-2583, julian@blueoceanlaw.com
Lawsuit Targets Wildlife Agency for Failing to Protect Habitat for 23 Endangered Micronesian Species
Safeguards Needed for Species Devastated by Habitat Destruction, Climate Change
HAGÅTÑA,
Guam— The Center for Biological Diversity sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today for failing to protect critical habitat for 23 endangered species in the U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and the U.S. Territory of Guam.
These imperiled plants and animals have been harmed by agricultural and urban sprawl, military expansion and training, invasive species, fire, typhoons, sea-level rise and climate change.