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Congressman congratulates winner of DOI award
Monday,
April 28, 2008
During a meeting in his Washington, DC office, Congressman Faleomavaega congratulated Mr. Tavita Togia of the national park of American Samoa, for the outstanding job he is doing to preserve our rainforest and native plant species.
Mr. Togia is the recipient of the DOI’s 2008 Cooperation Conservation Award, recognizing his conservation efforts by working collaboratively and in partnership with traditional leaders and locals, nonprofits, and government agencies to eradicate tress and plant invasive species in American Samoa. Togia also observed Chairman Faleomavaega as he presided over a hearing of the House Foreign Affaolirs Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and Global Environment, and he was given a tour of the U.S. Capitol.
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