Guam-based group sponsors snorkeling trip for environmental awareness

March 2nd, 2010    Posted in snorkeling

Guam-based group We Are Guahan Coalition has reportedly sponsored a four-hour long snorkeling trip to Apra Harbor on Sunday in a bid to show the residents to personally see that rare fish and coral living in the seas which may soon be affected by the proposed dredging project initiated in the Draft Environmental Impact Statement. The project is set to accommodate a pier for an aircraft carrier.

Several part of Apra Harbor are still open to the public but this may be reversed soon because of the construction of the aforementioned pier.

We Are Guahan member Collin Smith said that some of the reef will be killed by the project and that they estimate about 39 acres will be impacted by the project. In order to stress the impact of the situation, he said that the area is as big as having 21 Micronesia Malls joined together.