NEHA to Launch Post-Hurricane Health, Child Care and Safety Work Partnerships
The National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) has announced it is launching a series of post-hurricane projects in the U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and parts of the U.S. mainland.
NOAA Awards UVI $500,000 to Advance Community Resilience to Hurricanes
The five-year project will create the territory’s first sustained, community-based, hurricane hazard preparedness program.
WAPA and PSC Discuss Projected Outcomes of New Rooftop Solar Program
WAPA and the PSC agreed on a six-month timeframe to develop the interconnection as well as control standards and tariffs needed to enable the new rooftop program.
Duncan Coles Is Member of Colby College Project Receiving NOAA’s Bluefin Tuna Research Grant
Duncan Coles of Frederiksted, St. Croix, is part of a team led by Loren McClenachan at Colby College, an assistant professor of environmental studies and her colleagues at the Monterey Bay Aquarium in Maine.
EPA Awards UVI a Grant to Support Careers in Marine, Environmental Sciences
EPA anticipates that it will award UVI an Environmental Education grant in the amount of $100,000 once all legal and administrative requirements are satisfied.
Department of Interior Funds to Aid U.S.V.I. in Combating Invasive Species
U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) -- $43,557 to develop a website and outreach plan to create awareness about invasive species and their impacts in the territory.
Interior Provides $1.3 Million in Funding to Protect Coral Reefs in Insular Areas
Insular and International Affairs has approved $1,345,256 in fiscal year 2018 grant funding under the Coral Reef and Natural Resources initiative to the U.S. territories and the freely associated states.
VI Student Tyrone Lake Wins FCCA Poster Competition
The 11-year-old Alexander Henderson Elementary School honor roll student topped the regional competition with a poster entitled “Present and Future,” which focused on disaster preparation and environmental preservation.
Decision Made to Cut Down Several Mahogany Trees From Grounds of Legislature
The trees in question are about 100 years old and stood witness to the 1917 Transfer Ceremony, framed Charlotte Amalie High School graduations that once used the site as a campus, and other government operations.
V.I. Conservation Society, DPNR Launch VI Clean Coasts Campaign Against Plastic
Ocean plastic is a growing disaster and tackling it has unprecedented support from consumers of all walks of life who are calling for business and government to take steps to significantly reduce plastic pollution and turn off the tap of plastic pollution.
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Wednesday is the deadline to register for the six-week VIPCA Marine Apprenticeship program, which offers free training in power boating, swimming, scuba, and sailing along with marina and dock management skills, first aid and CPR certification and a full-day day of learning aboard an official U.S. Coast Guard vessel.
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Wednesday Is Deadline to Apply for a Marine Apprenticeship
Wednesday is the deadline to register for the six-week VIPCA Marine Apprenticeship program, which offers free training in power boating, swimming, scuba, and sailing along with marina and dock managem...This is an amazing program! I was so lucky last year to be invited on the graduation cruise, and it was inspiring to see how far the graduates had progressed. They were all so excited to talk about everything they learned during the program!
