Environment

Although populations of green sea turtles in the territories are listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act, an international body of sea turtle experts determined last yearthat they are no longer endangered or threatened.

Teams counted 241 bats on Guam, 24 on Saipan and four on Tinian.

Agency representatives and members of the public will discuss a federal proposal to lease deep-sea areas near the Mariana Trench for mining critical minerals.

The comment period ends this week for a plan to lease an area near the Marianas Trench for the extraction of critical minerals.

The Asan Ridge area will face periodic closures over the next eight months because of treatment for little fire ants

Of the 107 comments submitted to the federal government as of Wednesday, 92 were against seabed mining near the Marianas Trench.

A Carolinian cultural and environmental justice advocate is voicing strong opposition to a federal proposal that could lead to seabed mineral leasing on the Outer Continental Shelf offshore the CNMI.

No traces of the pesticide dieldrin have been found in the water during four consecutive weeks of treatment and testing.

This is the second week test results have shown no dieldrin. After two more weeks, the advisory warning people not to drink the water will be lifted.