This is the place to find out about Guam's marine and land animals. Ko'ko... haggan... ta'taga... and our many other native creatures. We've got pictures galore in the Animal Fact Sheets pages, and some great posters, CD-ROMs, and other stuff! Choose what you want from the sidebar.

If you're not sure how to spell the name, go to the Animal Fact Sheets main page, where you can browse lists of English and Chamorro names, or go on to thumbnails of the different kinds of animals.

If you want to know how DAWR is working to protect wildlife click the Conservation pages. For information on how to harvest these resources click the Hunting or Fishing pages.

Many of the materials in our Learning Center were developed as part of the Public Awareness and Conservation Education (PACE) program. This program also includes visits to schools by DAWR staff to talk to students about wildlife or fisheries. Other materials have been developed by specific Fisheries or Wildlife programs, frequently with the financial support of US Dept. Interior Sport Fish and Wildlife Restoration Programs.

The PACE Program

The PACE program supports the Division's mission to protect, preserve, develop and enhance Guam's aquatic and wildlife resources. The program consists of school presentations dealing with aquatic and wildlife conservation, kids' fishing derbies, news releases, static public displays, public service announcements, press conferences, and feature articles the production of resource materials for classroom use including coloring books, activity guides, posters, and informational flyers.

The effectiveness of the PACE programs and activities can best be measured by the community's continuing response in reporting suspected poachers and poaching activities to COs and police, the growing interest and demand for resource conservation materials, and the increase in teacher and student requests for fish and wildlife presentations. Residents continue to report bird sightings, bring in injured birds or birds presumed to be endangered species, and generally to encourage the institution of more intensive management programs for Guam's fish and wildlife resources.