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| http://sablan.house.gov/press-release/rota-landholders-can-earn-500-and-help-protect-aga | Rota landholders can earn $500 and help protect the Aga | 2013-09-16 | 2013 | 2013-09 | Independent | Senate | MP | Gregorio Sablan | S001177 | sablan.house.gov | legacy | The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is again offering $500 to Rota landholders, who want to help protect the critically endangered Aga, or Mariana crow. Land parcels that Aga inhabit for nesting or feeding are eligible for the payment. In return, landholders agree not to remove vegetation from wooded areas or harass the birds, and must allow biologists onto the property for observation purposes. Our Mariana Crow is now on the brink of extinction. In 1982, there were an estimated 1,318 Aga. Today, there are only 124. That is why we protect the Aga under federal and Commonwealth law. We know we have a responsibility to hand over the natural world to those who come after us, as it was passed on to us by our ancestors. The Landowner Incentive Plan is a joint endeavor between the Service, the Mariana Islands Nature Alliance, the Commonwealth Division of Fish and Wildlife, the Office of the Mayor of Rota, and the University of Washington Rota Avian Behavioral Ecology Program. To get more information call Nick Songsong, Resident Director of DLNR at 532-9495, or Julia Boland, USFWS biologist at 285-9453. For an application click here. The deadline is November 1, 2013. Rota lands marked in blue on the map above are eligible to participate in the Aga Incentive Plan. Landholders earn $500 by agreeing to let biologists monitor Aga, or Mariana Crow, nesting and feeding on the property. There are only 124 Aga remaining in the world. | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |