Wildlife Services State Report PProtectingrotecting PPeopleeople FY 2012 PProtectingrotecting AAgriculturegriculture PProtectingrotecting WWildlifeildlife GGuamuam Contact Information: USDA Resolves Wildlife Confl icts in Guam Daniel Vice, Hawaii, Guam, and Every day, the Wildlife Services (WS) program in Guam helps citizens, organizations, Pacifi c Islands Wildlife Services Assistant State Director industries, and Government agencies resolve confl icts with wildlife to protect agriculture, 233 Pangelinan Way, other property, and natural resources, and to safeguard human health and safety. Barrigada, GU 96913 WS’ professional wildlife biologists and specialists implement effective, selective, and Phone: (671) 635-4400 responsible strategies that value wildlife, the environment, and the resources being FAX: (671) 635-4401 protected. WS manages wildlife damage according to its public trust stewardship Toll-Free Number: 1-866-4USDAWS responsibilities as a Federal natural resource management program. WS supports (1-866-487-3297) the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation, based on the principle that wildlife
[email protected] resources are owned collectively and held in trust by Government for the benefi t of present www.aphis.usda.gov/wildlife_damage and future generations. Major Cooperators The brown treesnake (BTS), a non-native, invasive species on the island of Guam, has • U.S. Department of Defense (U.S. caused severe economic and environmental problems, and public health concerns for the Navy, Joint Region Marianas; U.S. island’s residents and industries. The BTS has decimated most of Guam’s native forest Navy, Naval Base Guam; U.S. Air birds and lizards, a dramatic wide-scale destruction of native species unprecedented Force, Andersen Air Force Base) in modern ecological history.