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Metfidza Marino, from left, Tony Chayum, Mouwanes Patris Bismark and Aarson Aaron help the Hatohobei State Rangers bring goods from the speed boats to the ranger station and living quarters on Helen Island, Palau, July 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Yannick Peterhans)

Metfidza Marino, from left, Tony Chayum, Mouwanes Patris Bismark and Aarson Aaron help the Hatohobei State Rangers bring goods from the speed boats to the ranger station and living quarters on Helen Island, Palau, July 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Yannick Peterhans)

Metfidza Marino, from left, Aarson Aaron and Aaron Cyrillo look out to Helen Island, Palau, as a small speed boat transports toilet paper, dog food and other goods to the remote atoll on July 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Yannick Peterhans)

Metfidza Marino, from left, Aarson Aaron and Aaron Cyrillo look out to Helen Island, Palau, as a small speed boat transports toilet paper, dog food and other goods to the remote atoll on July 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Yannick Peterhans)

Bridled terns fly July 17, 2024, on Helen Island, Palau. (AP Photo/Yannick Peterhans)

Bridled terns fly July 17, 2024, on Helen Island, Palau. (AP Photo/Yannick Peterhans)

Maxson Blesson, left, and Carson Ngiralbong, a ranger for the Hatohobei State Rangers, lounge on the second level of the Ryoma, a boat that brings goods through the Pacific Ocean to Helen Island, Palau on July 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Yannick Peterhans)

Maxson Blesson, left, and Carson Ngiralbong, a ranger for the Hatohobei State Rangers, lounge on the second level of the Ryoma, a boat that brings goods through the Pacific Ocean to Helen Island, Palau on July 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Yannick Peterhans)

Brian Fidiiy and Ray Marino, the governor of Hatohobei State, carry lumber to the ranger station for maintenance repairs on Helen Island, Palau, July 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Yannick Peterhans)

Brian Fidiiy and Ray Marino, the governor of Hatohobei State, carry lumber to the ranger station for maintenance repairs on Helen Island, Palau, July 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Yannick Peterhans)

Fred Obak, a Hatohobei State Ranger stationed on Helen Island, Palau, throws a rope to a boat as they prepare to exchange fuel cans on July 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Yannick Peterhans)

Fred Obak, a Hatohobei State Ranger stationed on Helen Island, Palau, throws a rope to a boat as they prepare to exchange fuel cans on July 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Yannick Peterhans)

Peter Lorenzo, left, walks to a boat that brought supplies, as Jefferson Nestor, a state legislator with Hatohobei State, takes pictures of the bridled tern on Helen Island, Palau, before returning back to the boat on July 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Yannick Peterhans)

Peter Lorenzo, left, walks to a boat that brought supplies, as Jefferson Nestor, a state legislator with Hatohobei State, takes pictures of the bridled tern on Helen Island, Palau, before returning back to the boat on July 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Yannick Peterhans)

Bridled terns fly over Helen Island, Palau, on July 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Yannick Peterhans)

Bridled terns fly over Helen Island, Palau, on July 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Yannick Peterhans)

McCain Maximo runs back into the trees filled with bridled tern nests on the northern end of the sand bar on Helen Island, Palau, on July 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Yannick Peterhans)

McCain Maximo runs back into the trees filled with bridled tern nests on the northern end of the sand bar on Helen Island, Palau, on July 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Yannick Peterhans)

Carson Ngiralbong, a ranger with the Hatohobei State Rangers, collects bridled tern for dinner on July 17, 2024, on Helen Island, Palau. (AP Photo/Yannick Peterhans)

Carson Ngiralbong, a ranger with the Hatohobei State Rangers, collects bridled tern for dinner on July 17, 2024, on Helen Island, Palau. (AP Photo/Yannick Peterhans)

Maxson Blesson sleeps on a wooden pallets on the top deck of the Ryoma, a boat that brings goods through the Pacific Ocean to Helen Island, Palau, on July 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Yannick Peterhans)

Maxson Blesson sleeps on a wooden pallets on the top deck of the Ryoma, a boat that brings goods through the Pacific Ocean to Helen Island, Palau, on July 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Yannick Peterhans)

Goods that were brought to Helen Island, Palau, are carried through low tide to the ranger station on July 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Yannick Peterhans)

Goods that were brought to Helen Island, Palau, are carried through low tide to the ranger station on July 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Yannick Peterhans)