Department of Parks and Recreation
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The National Park Service has given notice of federal grant funding totaling $4.8 million ($4,782,160.96) from the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) for four projects in American Samoa. Three of the grants are for specific projects that are or will be located on...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The budget for the Public Defender’s office proposed for the new fiscal year amounts to $453,000, barely an increase from $440,000, especially when compared to the proposed budget for the Department of Parks and Recreation, which amounts to $1.02 million — whereas last...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — It’s not often people see ASG department directors or agency heads getting their hands dirty.
Last week, following a night of continuous showers, director of the Department of Parks and Recreation, Ken Tupua (far left) came armed with a shovel and was digging around a...



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