Am Samoa receives $10 million+ to preserve Naumati Rainforest
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources (DMWR) received word of funding on Tuesday from the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Forest Serv

![Community members earlier this year measured the circumference of a tree in the Naumati Lava Lowland Rainforest which is an invaluable natural and cultural treasure for future generations. The forest is said to be the only one of its kind left in the Pacific. [SN file photo] Community members earlier this year measured the circumference of a tree](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/naumati_forest_tree_0.jpg?itok=BM8hqQk1)







![Federal and Hawaii state agencies teamed up with the Marine Mammal Center to rescue a young Hawaiian monk seal on Maui earlier this month. [screen shot from HNN video] young Hawaiian monk seal](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/monk_seal_rescued.png?itok=dI_IcuxH)
