As we celebrate our station’s 50th anniversary, my #TBT memory this week is about a story from another part of the world with local ramifications.
In our modern world, plant and animal species are being transported to new locations and wreaking havoc because of a lack of predators or natural resistance.
One of the most compelling examples is found in Guam, where brown tree snakes from Southeast Asia quietly took hold and killed off almost the entire bird population before the severity of the problem was discovered.
It was an amazing journey in 1995 with our anchor Marty Levin and photojournalist John Detarsio. We produced a series of stories as well as a documentary.
These are two of the stories. The first highlights the problem.
The other shows what was being done to stop the snakes from making it off the island to other locations like Hawaii or even San Diego, where they could cause similar harm.
