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National Parks Trust

March 8, 2023

EDITORIAL: Don’t fear the Virgin Islands tree boa

We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again. Just like all snake species that live in the territory, the Virgin Islands tree boa is completely harmless. In fact, it …

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by BVI Beacon
February 10, 2023

Herbarium planned after 3-year study

Scientists from the United Kingdom-based Kew Gardens have completed a three-year study investigating how endangered plant species have managed to survive in certain areas of the Virgin Islands even following …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
September 2, 2022

National Parks Trust gets $200k grant to model climate data

Experts say the Virgin Islands is already feeling the effects of climate change, which includes warming oceans, prolonged droughts, and more intense storms such as the hurricanes of 2017. A …

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by Sariah Lake
January 13, 2022

35 bird species spotted in Anegada

Birdwatching is easier when you know where to look. Luckily for those on the annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count in Anegada on Jan. 5, Rondel Smith Jr. is an expert. …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
September 17, 2021

COI probes SSB appointment process

The board of directors for the Social Security Board was mostly empty for about five months in early 2020, but leaders couldn’t offer a clear explanation for that fact last …

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by Dana Kampa
August 13, 2021

National Parks Trust marks 60 years

What began as a volunteer-led effort to protect the environment in the 1960s grew over the decades into a professionally staffed organisation in charge of managing 21 national parks, restoring …

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by Dana Kampa
October 8, 2020

623 red mangrove seedlings planted across Virgin Islands

Despite heavy rain on Saturday, more than 100 volunteers equipped themselves with waders and gloves, transplanting 632 red mangrove seedlings across the territory. Of those, 204 seedlings were planted in …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
September 4, 2020

To avoid layoffs, National Parks Trust asks employees to use vacation time during lockdowns

Following media reports of a letter to National Parks Trust employees stating that they will not be paid during any further lockdowns this year, NPT Director Dr. Cassander Titley-O’Neal issued …

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by Joey Waldinger
August 27, 2020

National Parks Trust faces threat of closures, layoffs

The loss of revenue from tourists visiting the Virgin Islands has put the National Parks Trust in a position that Director Dr. Cassander Titley-O’Neal never thought possible. Facing a $450,000 …

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by Joey Waldinger
December 13, 2018

JR O’Neal Botanic Gardens open at Arbour Day ceremony

The toppled ficus tree in the J.R. O’Neal Botanic Gardens sits like a giant covered in moss. And yet it is still very much alive, its roots firmly planted in …

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by CLAIRE SHEFCHIK
April 30, 2018

Thousands of Diet Cokes wash ashore on Tortola

Thousands of cans of Diet Coke have washed ashore on the beach near Paraquita Bay, and residents are scratching their heads trying to figure out where they came from and …

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by CLAIRE SHEFCHIK
April 8, 2015

Following the frigates at Great Tobago

It was about 1 a.m. on the island of Great Tobago, and Susan Zaluski was trying to capture a magnificent frigate bird. She stepped gingerly across guano-spattered stones, shining her …

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by The BVI Beacon
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