5 Misconceptions about DoD’s plans to build a firing range at Pågat: Misconception #1: DoD plans on building a single firing range at Pågat. DoD plans on building 5 separate ranges in a “firing range complex” at Pågat, and the area around Pågat.  Final EIS, Vol. 2, Chapt. 2, p. 2-71. Misconception #2: DoD needs Pågat because […]

KUAM recently ran a story featuring comments made by Guam’s State Historic Preservation Officer (“SHPO”) Joe Duenas and JGPO’s General Bice regarding the DoD’s inability to conclude Section 106 consultation prior to the Record of Decision. You can find the story here.

On September 24, 2010, Stars & Stripes ran a story entitled “Military says Guam buildup on schedule despite new problems.   Two issues in particular, the selection of Pagat as the site of a firing range complex and the amount of reef that will be destroyed, have yet to be “finalized.” Read the story here.

The Guam Preservation Trust is seeking to save Pagat Village, a cultural resource on Guam that is threatened by the proposed military build-up. The Department of Defense currently plans to locate a machine gun firing range near Pagat Village, which is one of the last remaining and best preserved ancient Chamorro settlements. For more information […]

Time Magazine has featured Pagat as one of the the 11 Most Endangered Historical Places. Pagat, Yigo, Guam Home to the Chamorro people, the island of Guam has struggled to maintain its cultural heritage, which has been traced back thousands of years. This site was once a Chamorro Village. Along with other parts of the […]

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inl5XutZwNA&feature=player_embedded PNC recently aired a story on The Grey Paper: GHURA on Housing.  The story is available at: http://www.pacificnewscenter.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5140:grey-papers-discuss-negative-impacts-to-housing&catid=45:guam-news&Itemid=156

PRI ran a story entitled “Guam people ponder their identity.”  Members of the Guam community were interviewed about their thoughts on the proposed buildup. The story can be found at: http://www.theworld.org/2010/04/29/guam-people-ponder-their-identity/comment-page-1/

The Marianas Variety reports: A representative from TEC [Note: TEC, Inc. is the contractor paid to prepare the DEIS], who requested that he be identified only as “director of administration,” admitted that the portion in question was lifted from the scientific document. “We did not adequately give that guy attribution,” the TEC representative told Variety. […]