AGP Executive Report
Last update: 5 hours agoNOAA Flood Risk Updates: NOAA’s National Weather Service expanded its Flood Inundation Mapping tool to cover nearly 100% of the U.S., adding neighborhood-scale river and stream flood maps for territories and Hawaii—meant to help emergency managers and the public act faster. Sea Turtle Protection & Culture: The Western Pacific Fishery Management Council is urging federal agencies to speed up green sea turtle status reviews for Guam, CNMI, and American Samoa, framing it as a step toward restoring traditional cultural harvests. Volcano Monitoring in American Samoa: USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory staff completed repairs and servicing of American Samoa’s volcano monitoring network and ran K-12 outreach with local emergency partners, maintaining yearly collaboration since the 2022 Ta‘ū unrest. Deep-Sea Mining Information Push: American Samoa launched deepseainfo.as.gov to explain deep-sea minerals, risks, and the regulatory process, while the governor reiterated the territory does not support commercial extraction at this time. Invasive Species Lesson from Samoa: A report highlights how introducing a flatworm to control invasive snails in Samoa also harmed native land snails, underscoring the ecosystem ripple effects of “biocontrol.”
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