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Oct 18, 2017

Black orchids being reintroduced into their native environment on Guam as part of the Department of the Navy's compliance with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 2016 Biological Opinion. The transplantation of these orchids, and other environmental initiatives, marks one of the first steps in building a Marine Corps Base on Guam. To date, U.S. Military surveyors and civilian contractors have preserved a total of 120 individual orchids and successfully transplanted 37 within the Finegayan area.

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