The Virgin Islands’ end of a three-year project to fight plastic pollution across the Caribbean kicked off last week with litter sampling at Long Bay, Beef Island. The local effort …
Public officers trained to assess water quality
As part of ongoing efforts to assess the territory’s marine environment, more than 20 of the government’s environmental and technical officers recently completed training in water-quality monitoring, data analysis and …
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Work starts on Beef Island vending zone
Construction is under way on a new vending zone as part of the Beach Management Project at Long Bay, Beef Island, government announced last week. “Construction activity began with clearing …
Soil study to inform land-use decisions
Virgin Islands builders, farmers, landowners and other members of the public will have access to detailed information about the nutrition, microbiology, permeability and vegetation of soil in the territory thanks …