FY00 Report
Division of Aquatic & Wildlife Resources: Gerald W. Davis, Acting Chief.
Guam Department of Agriculture: Joseph G. Sablan, Acting Director. Edited by Gerald W. Davis, Todd J. Pitlik, Trina Leberer, Diane Vice.
Period covered: October 1, 1999 to September 30, 2000.
Section I Coordination and Administration – Project FW-3C-8
(Federal Aid in Sport Fish and Wildlife Restoration Acts)
- Job C-1-1 Coordination of Guam’s Fish and Wildlife Programs
- Job C-3-1 Public Information and Education of Guam’s Fish and Wildlife Restoration and Endangered Species Programs
Section II Guam Fisheries Investigations – Project F-1R-8
(Federal Aid in Sport Fish Restoration Act)
- Job F-1-1-1 Offshore Fisheries Survey
- Job F-1-1-2 Inshore Fisheries Survey
- Job F-2-1-1 Freshwater Monitoring Program
- Job F-2-1-2 Fisheries Studies in Fena Lake
- Job F-3-1 Technical Guidance to Projects Affecting Guam’s Fishery Resources
- Job F-4-1-1 Stock Assessment Surveys of Marine Preserves and Control Sites
Section III Guam Fisheries Development – Project F-D
(Federal Aid in Sport Fish Restoration Act)
- Job F-2-D-9 Development of Inshore Fishing Access Facilities
- Job F-2-D-10 Restoration of Masso Reservoir
- Job F-3-D-4 Maintenance and Redeployment of FADs and SWMs
- Job F-4-D-3 Marine Fish Habitat Improvement and Aggregating Devices
Section IV Other Federally-Funded Fishery Projects
(Clean Vessel Act, National Marine Fisheries Service)
- CVA-1 Construction of Pumpout Facilities
- NMFS Guam Commercial Fisheries
- NMFS Guam Fisheries Data Collection
- NMFS Sea Turtle Nesting
Section V Guam Wildlife Investigation Project W-1R-8
(Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act)
- Job W-1-1-1 Determination of Current Population Size and Distribution of Guam Deer
- Job W-1-2-1 Population Size and Distribution of Wild Pigs on Guam
- Job W-2-1-1 Population Numbers and Distribution of Philippine Turtle Doves on Guam
- Job W-2-2-1 Population Size and Distribution of Black Francolin on Guam
- Job W-3-1-1 Population Size and Distribution of Wild Asiatic Water Buffalo on Guam
- Job W-3-1-3 Development of a Management Plan for the Free-Ranging Water Buffalo on Guam
- Job W-4-1-1 Survey and Inventory of Non-Game Birds
- Job W-4-1-2 Survey for Mariana Crows and their Nest Sites on Guam and Rota
- Job W-4-1-3 Survey for Island Swiftlet Nesting Sites
- Job W-5-1-1 Current Status, Distribution, and Natural History of Mariana Fruit Bats
- Job W-6-1-1 Technical Guidance to Projects Affecting Guam’s Wildlife Resources
Section VI Guam Endangered Species Investigation Project E-2-3
(Section 6 – Endangered Species Act of 1973)
- Job A-1 Reproductive Biology of the Mariana Crow and other Endangered Species
- Job A-2 Area-Wide Control of the Brown Treesnakes
- Job A-3 Translocation of Mariana Crows
- Job B-1 Captive Propagation of Guam Rails
- Job B-2 Mariana Crow Avicultural Support
- Job B-3 Captive Propagation of Micronesian Kingfishers
- Job C-1 Establishment of an Experimental Population of Guam Rails in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
- Job D-1 Establishment of a Guam Rail Population at Area 50, Northwest Field, Andersen Air Force Base
Section VII Other Federally-Funded Wildlife Projects
(U.S. Department of Interior)
- BTS2000 Brown Treesnake Control Program
Acknowledgements
The Division of Aquatic and Wildlife Resources (DAWR), Department of Agriculture, wishes to acknowledge the following persons and organizations for their assistance in our work:
Fishermen who cooperated with fishery data collection;
Individuals who reported poaching and illegal fishing activities, and wildlife sightings;
Public agencies and private citizens who helped in the marine preserve program;
Buyers who participated in the Guam Commercial Fishing receipt book program;
Cocos Island Resort and Security personnel;
Print and electronic media coverage of DAWR programs and activities and for their continued support of conservation education programs;
Landowners who provided access to freshwater survey sites;
The Marine Lab, University of Guam (UOG); UOG Science Department, Drs Lynn Raulerson and Greg Witteman, and College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, 4-H Program;
Natural resources staff at Andersen Air Force Base and COMNAVMAR;
Biological staff from the Guam National Wildlife Refuge; the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), Ecological Services office in Honolulu;the U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division; the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Wildlife Services; and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Frank Dayton;
Biological staff from the Division of Fish and Wildlife, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, especially Stan Taisican in Rota;
David Hamm and his staff at the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Honolulu Lab;
Personnel from the Division of Law Enforcement, USFWS, National Park Service, NMFS, and WESTPACFIN (NOAA).
Government of Guam Agencies, especially the Guam Environmental Protection Agency, Vance Eflin, Bureau of Planning, Department of Parks and Recreation, and Plant Protection and Quarantine, Dr. Russ Campbell.

