Military cargo flights accidentally introduced invasive brown tree snakes to Guam

Evidence

The Insular Affairs office is also responsible for such expenditures as the ongoing effort to control the invasive brown tree snakes that military cargo flights accidentally introduced to Guam. — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 616

Categorization

  • CANDY: A striking, concrete example of military-caused ecological damage that lands as a light conversational fact despite the serious subject.
  • XREF: Connects to the reader’s stated interest in how bases harm, extending the harm typology to ecological damage.