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Guam - In observance of the birthday of the United States of America more commonly known as Independence Day or 4th of July Holiday, the Guam National Wildlife Refuge will be closed.

Note:  This holiday falls on a Wednesday.

The Refuge will re-open on Thursday, July 5, and remain open thereafter.  Our normal hours of operations are 7:30 am- 4:00 pm daily and closed on all Federal Holidays.  

For more information on the Guam National Wildlife Refuge, you may find our website helpful @ http://www.fws.gov/guam.    HAPPY 4TH GUAM!

About the U.S. Fish and Wildlife service:
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is the principal Federal agency responsible for conserving, protecting and enhancing fish, wildlife and plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people.  The Service manages the 95-million-acre National Wildlife Refuge System, which encompasses 547 national wildlife refuges, thousands of small wetlands and other special management areas. It also operates 69 national fish hatcheries, 64 fishery resources offices and 81 ecological services field stations.  The agency enforces federal wildlife laws, administers the Endangered Species Act, manages migratory bird populations, restores nationally significant fisheries, conserves and restores wildlife habitat such as wetlands, and helps foreign and Native American tribal governments with their conservation efforts.  It also oversees the Federal Assistance program, which distributes hundreds of millions of dollars in excise taxes on fishing and hunting equipment to state fish and wildlife agencies.