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.
EPA Plans to Award $272,000 to U.S.V.I. for Beach Water Quality Monitoring
DPNR is expected to receive $272,000 for the 2019 swimming season to implement the beach monitoring and notification program at 43 beaches throughout the territory: 20 beaches on St. Croix, 8 beaches on St. John, and 15 beaches on St. Thomas.
Coming Thursday: “Avengers: Endgame"
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The event will feature world renowned South African electronic music maestro Hyenah, who is known for his elusive identity, top charting tracks on “Resident Advisor” and his performances at top clubs across the globe. Additionally, the event will showcase USVI’s own Cool Session Brass Band and UVI’s SHUT Down Band along with DJ Mike Swells of NYC and local fire dancers and drum circle.
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Free Benefit Concert for USVI Coming to St. John in May
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Intellectual Global Concepts, (IGC) Coral Bay Caribbean Oasis, RTPark, the University of The Virgin Islands (UVI) and Grammy Award-winning jazz drummer Dion Parson are presenting the "Music Is Li...
