A cloud rests over the summit of Nevis Peak. Stone sugar mills emerge from tropical gardens. Wooden houses and Georgian buildings line the compact streets of Charlestown, where church bells, fruit stalls and centuries of Caribbean history occupy the same few blocks. Down by the sea, the mood changes. The water off Pinney’s Beach is […]
By Lisa K Terry CJ Contributor Here in the U.S. Virgin Islands, like all over the Caribbean, we depend on our reefs for tourism, to protect our coastlines, beaches and favorite marine creatures, and to support recreational and commercial fisheries. However, the list of threats to coral reefs continues to grow. Climate change, pollution, run […]
By Dave Ewert CJ Contributor The Kirtland’s warbler, one of North America’s rarest songbirds, is very picky about where it calls home. It migrates a long distance to winter in The Bahamas every year after breeding each summer in young jack pine stands in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Ontario, its exclusive breeding area. The restricted habitats […]
Above: Nevis (CJ Photo) By Dana Niland CJ Contributor A team from The Nature Conservancy visited Nevis this week to discuss environmental issues affecting St Kitts and Nevis. The delegation met with Nevis Premier Vance Amory and a cohort of Permanent Secretaries, with whom they chiefly addressed the topics of management of The Narrows and […]
