Cooperative Agreement for Affiliated Partner with the Hawaii- Pacific Islands Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU)
Funds research on stopping invasive brown treesnakes from spreading further across Guam and the Pacific.
Brown treesnakes have wiped out or nearly wiped out several native birds and other vertebrates on Guam since arriving decades ago, and they are still spreading. USGS treats stopping that spread as both an ecological problem and a security one — the same snakes threaten safe operations at military and civilian sites.
The money funds research on capturing, removing, detecting and interdicting the s…
Research supporting control, detection and rapid response for invasive brown treesnakes in Guam and the wider Pacific Islands, done through the USGS Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center in partnership with an existing Hawaii-Pacific Islands CESU partner. Includes work relevant to biosecurity and biosurveillance.
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