A map shows Maroon Country land that will be preserved as part of the Territorial Parks system. Olasee Davis has championed the cause for decades, and writes about when he learned that the acquisition was successful. “The government officials went a step further and said, ‘you can’t die now’ and advised me not to tell anyone about the news until the federal government announced that more than 2,000 acres of the Great Northwest on St. Croix will be protected as part of the Virgin Islands Territorial Park along with lands on St. Thomas and St. John.” (Photo by Trust for Public Land and DPNR, Division of Territorial Parks & Protected Areas)
