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Web Reads: OIA Conversations - Guarding the Ocean and Protecting Natural Resources in the Mariana Islands with MINA and Tasi Watch (www.buzzsprout.com)

With grant funding support from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs, the Mariana Islands Nature Alliance (MINA) runs an ocean ranger program (Tasi Watch) and works with students to promote the protection of natural resources. Learn more about the MINA and their work in the Northern Mariana Islands in the full OIA Conversation with Program Manager Becky Furey.
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Web Reads: OIA Conversations - Protecting Coral Reefs Against the Stony Tissue Loss Coral Disease in the U.S. Virgin Islands (youtu.be)

Coral reefs in the U.S. Virgin Islands are under attack from the Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease. With assistance from the Office of Insular Affairs, the USVI DPNR partners to save coral reefs which protect coastal resources and are home to vibrant fisheries resources, providing food and bolstering tourism industries in the territory.
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Web Reads: OIA Conversations – Pohnpei Public Radio keeps listeners in Pohnpei and overseas informed and entertained. (www.buzzsprout.com)

Pohnpei Public Broadcasting Corporation and the V6AH radio station’s Commissioner Peterson Sam shares how the radio station will be strengthened by funding support from the Office of Insular Affairs, the public service programs they provide, and how they serve the public in Pohnpei, the capital of the Federated States of Micronesia and people overseas.
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Web Reads: OIA Conversations – Motusaga and Valentine Vaeoso, CRAG and Coral Reef Management Fellowship (www.buzzsprout.com)

Sisters Motusaga and Valentine Vaeoso work for the Coral Reef Advisory Group, helping protect coral and ocean resources for their island home of American Samoa. They each belong to different cohorts of the National Coral Reef Management Fellowship program, funded by Interior's Office of Insular Affairs. These women celebrate the ocean every day, not just during the month of June.
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