#WhatWeDoIslands | There’s More to Islands … | U.S. Department of the Interior

OIA Conversations – Tamar Corry of the USVI, an ELDP Graduate photo

Web Reads: OIA Conversations – Tamar Corry of the USVI, an ELDP Graduate (www.buzzsprout.com)

Wed, 09/14/2022 - 8:54am

Tamar Corry of the U.S. Virgin Islands, talks about her experience in the Executive Leadership Development Program (ELDP) hosted by the Graduate School's Pacific Islands - Virgin Islands Training Initiative. Ms. Corry speaks to what she learned in the process and how she applies this knowledge in her work today.

OIA Conversations – T’Nelta Mori of Guam, an ELDP Graduate photo

Web Reads: OIA Conversations – T’Nelta Mori of Guam, an ELDP Graduate (www.buzzsprout.com)

Wed, 09/14/2022 - 8:34am

Guam's T'Nelta Mori is one of over 175 young public servants from the Insular Areas who have graduated from the Executive Leadership Development Program (ELDP) and shares her impressions and experience in the program and her work on Capitol Hill.

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

Thu, 04/21/2022 - 11:30am

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.

Web Reads: OIA Conversations - Protecting Coral Reefs Against the Stony Tissue Loss Coral Disease in the U.S. Virgin Islands (youtu.be)

Tue, 04/19/2022 - 9:23am

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.

Pohnpei Public Radio keeps listeners in Pohnpei and overseas informed and entertained photo

Web Reads: OIA Conversations – Pohnpei Public Radio keeps listeners in Pohnpei and overseas informed and entertained. (www.buzzsprout.com)

Thu, 02/03/2022 - 3:02pm

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.

Trina Leberer, Pacific Director of The Nature Conservancy (TNC) photo

Web Reads: OIA Conversations – Trina Leberer, Pacific Director of The Nature Conservancy (TNC) - an OIA Conversation (youtu.be)

Mon, 09/13/2021 - 12:57pm

Trina Leberer of The Nature Conservancy discusses work and collaborations in the freely associated states and and the Pacific U.S. territories. With a regional office on Guam, The Nature Conservancy has been active in the Micronesia region for over 30 years, helping inspire and support conservation efforts in the region.

Web Reads: OIA Conversations – New Veterans Affairs Senior Advisor Focuses on Veterans in the Pacific Islands (youtu.be)

Mon, 09/13/2021 - 6:49am

Vivian Hutson, newly appointed Senior Advisor for Pacific Strategy at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, talks about her goal and mission to understand the needs of Asian American and Pacific Islander veterans, in particular in the Pacific Island areas.

Web Reads: OIA Conversations – Who Coordinates and Manages Federal Funds on Guam ? (www.buzzsprout.com)

Tue, 07/20/2021 - 1:00pm

How Guam manages millions in federal funds, Guam's latest bond rating of "stable", and reduced debt with Stephanie Flores, Administrator of the Guam State Clearing House.

Census Bureau and U.S. territories photo

Web Reads: OIA Conversations – How was the 2020 Census conducted in the U.S. territories ? (youtu.be)

Tue, 07/20/2021 - 12:50pm

How was the 2020 decennial census conducted in American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands? Meet Jennifer Kim, Ph.D., Assistant Division Chief at the U.S. Census Bureau, who discusses how it was conducted compared to the continental United States and the COVID-19 impacts on their work.

CRAG and Coral Reef Management Fellowship photo

Web Reads: OIA Conversations – Motusaga and Valentine Vaeoso, CRAG and Coral Reef Management Fellowship (www.buzzsprout.com)

Wed, 07/07/2021 - 12:37pm

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.

About

Bureaus

Priorities

Media

In This Section

#WhatWeDoIslands | There’s More to Islands …