WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — The U.S. Department of the Interior’s Office of Insular Affairs has announced $3,802,436 for the Brown Tree Snake Control program in fiscal year 2022 funding as administered through the Technical Assistance Program.
“The Brown Tree Snake remains a challenge to Guam and we appreciate the funding support that Congress continues to provide,” said Assistant Secretary for Insular and International Affairs Carmen G. Cantor. “Mitigating the threat that the Brown Tree Snake continues to pose for Guam’s ecological and economic systems remains a priority as well as preventing spread to the CNMI, Hawai’i, and the Micronesia region.”
Fiscal year 2022 funding provided for the Brown Tree Snake Control program was divided among the territorial and state governments and federal partners which are Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Hawai’i, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the Department of the Interior as follows:
• $1,205,100
U.S. Department of Agriculture – APHIS Wildlife Services for the Guam BTS Interdiction Program
• $921,465
USGS Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center for rapid-response activities and related work
• $450,000
CNMI Brown Tree Snake Program
• $376,659
U.S. Department of Agriculture – APHIS National Wildlife Research Center
$375,000
Hawai’i Department of Agriculture for the Hawai’i Detector Dog Program
• $304,212
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services for BTS program coordination
• $100,000
Guam Department of Agriculture, Aquatic and Wildlife Resources for the Kontra I Kulepbla, Challenge the Snake Project
• $70,000
Guam Power Authority for the continuation of the BTS Impact Research and Discovery Project
