The awards, totaling $42,500, fall under the auspices of the Friends’ two scholarship programs: the Jeffery Matheny Scholarship and the Noble Samuel Scholarship and Internship.
The Virgin Islands National Park portion of the creek has been dredged and the finger pier has been reconstructed, once again allowing first-come first-served availability for public usage with the following stipulations:
Virgin Islands National Park and Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument announce procedures for mariners wanting to register their vessels in Hurricane Hole for the 2024 hurricane season.
Commissioner Jean-Pierre L. Oriol of the Department of Planning and Natural Resources has announced the Virgin Islands State Historic Preservation Office’s (VISHPO) first round of historic recovery awards for qualified 2017 hurricanes Irma and Maria-damaged National Register Historic Sites in the territory.
Registration for Friends of Virgin Islands National Park’s “Paddle The Park” in Maho Bay on St. John is open. This fun stand-up paddle board race will take place on Sunday, Nov. 12, and will raise funds for Friends of the Virgin Islands National Park programs
Congresswoman Stacey E. Plaskett shared the following statement on the National Park Service’s decision to redevelop Caneel Bay and its Finding of No Significant Impact for the Caneel Bay Area Redevelopment and Management Environmental Assessment.
The National Park Service (NPS) is offering a 10-year concessions opportunity for a Watersports contract located at Virgin Islands National Park, to provide snorkel and equipment rental and instruction at Trunk Bay Beach, St. John.
Projects will begin on May 2. The National Park Service thanks the public’s continued cooperation and understanding as these vital improvements are underway.
The Friends of Virgin Islands National Park is offering the Noble Samuel and Jeffrey Matheny scholarships to Virgin Islands youth for the 2023/24 academic year.
Virgin Islands National Park will host “office hours” on St. John and St. Thomas on Monday from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. to make it easier for individuals to provide verbal or written comments about the Caneel Bay redevelopment project. No presentations are planned, and people can come and go during that time.
The territory determined that the Catherineberg Estate is the preferred site on St. John for a new public school -- due to its central location along an existing roadway and its relatively gentle slopes -- in exchange for territory-owned Whistling Cay.
NPS has selected three park managers at Virgin Islands National Park and Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument: Scott Simmons as the deputy superintendent, Ludric Smith as the division chief of Visitor and Resource Protection and Ahmad Toure as the division chief of Interpretation, Education and Volunteers.
The National Park Service began bulkhead repairs, pier replacement and creek dredging by its Cruz Bay Visitor Center during the first week of February. reparir projects will move into a full closure of the area from April 25 through mid-August.