A five-hour workshop will offer interactive discussions on several designs for small, medium and large-scale projects with the goal to restore the Great Pond lagoon.
Weatherization Assistance Program is a comprehensive initiative aimed at improving energy efficiency and reducing utility costs for residents across the Virgin Islands.
The Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority (WAPA) extends heartfelt appreciation to its valued customers for their overwhelming support during last week’s water filter distribution initiative on St. Croix.
Career environmentalist Olasee Davis, Ph.D. is described as an ecologist, ethnobotanist, agriculturalist, environmental activist, cultural historian, naturalist, scholar and professional writer.
The goal of Navigating Home is to place recent graduates into new short (two to five months) and long-term (one to two years) marine and environmental science job opportunities which will build local workforce capacity.
A grant from the European Union for the Resilience, Sustainable Energy and Marine Biodiversity aims to create ecosystem education materials that are more accessible through a multilingual podcast and an online ‘Sargassum Champions Course.’
Nineteen of these individuals presented at the conference. UVI undergraduate student Miranda Goad won third place among all undergraduate oral presentations for her talk.
Monica Miller-Smith, whose communication, leadership, and research skills and the concerns of the Coral Bay community will help as the organization moves forward, has been selected as the new executive director for the Coral Bay Community Council (CBCC), the organization announced.
The ArbNet Arboretum Accreditation Program is the only global initiative to officially recognize arboreta at various levels of development, capacity and professionalism.
Commissioner Jean-Pierre L. Oriol of the Department of Planning and Natural Resources (DPNR) has announced the receipt of a $2.1 million America the Beautiful Challenge 2023 grant to create St. Croix’s first conservation corridor, which will include new hiking trails and wildlife habitat.
The Division of Fish and Wildlife recently received its first Competitive State Wildlife Grant, awarded for large-scale conservation projects and related activities.
Early in the morning of Oct. 17, a 4.85m (15.9 ft) long Cuvier’s beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris) was seen “thrashing” about in the water in Fish Bay, St. John.
As fossil fuel companies publish another round of billion-dollar profits, people across the globe took to the streets to spotlight the industry’s greed and reclaim the money and power to fund a just future powered by the sun and the wind.
The event, hosted by UVI's Caribbean Green Technology Center in collaboration with the V.I. Energy Office, gave WAPA team members the opportunity to educate community members on many of the Authority's ongoing projects.
The U.S. Virgin Islands hosted the United States Coral Reef Task Force annual jurisdictional meeting on St. Thomas from Oct. 22-27 at The Westin Beach Resort & Spa at Frenchman’s Reef.
Solange Camacho was selected from a pool of applicants as the 2023 Innovator Fellow. Camacho, who is working at the Public Services Commission’s St. Croix office, is a recent graduate from Georgetown University