Regulation & law · 31/08/20221 min read

US Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes Release of Guam Kingfisher on Palmyra Atoll

The US Fish and Wildlife Service proposes to introduce the endangered Guam kingfisher, also known as the sihek, on Palmyra Atoll as an experimental population under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, with the goal of gathering information to aid in its eventual reestablishment on Guam once brown tree snake control improves.