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Friends of Virgin Islands National Park Photographer-In-Residence, Kayden Richards Book Signing April 23

By VI Source Staff April 18, 2022 Friends of Virgin Islands National Park photographer-in-residence Kayden Richards benefits from a program designed to help young Virgin Islanders explore and develop their…

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Friends April Newsletter

Our Park is a living classroom – with plenty of room to play and grow! The Friends provides St. John youth with field trips into the Park, mini-grants for their…

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2021 Sea Turtle Season Report

 Since 2015 the Virgin Islands National Park (VINP) Sea Turtle Program, funded by the Friends of VINP (FVINP), has been coordinating nest protection efforts through volunteer-based beach monitoring on the…

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Proposed St. John land swap open for public comment

By SUZANNE CARLSON Daily News Staff The V.I. National Park has opened public comment on a proposed land swap that could finally pave the way for a K-12 public school…

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Friend’s Monitoring Program records over 3,000 turtle hatchlings

By ANDREA MILAM St. John Correspondent / Daily News A wave of volunteer momentum has carried the Friends of Virgin Islands National Park-funded Sea Turtle Monitoring and Protection Program through…

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Letter to NPS from Tonia Lovejoy, Executive Director Regarding Caneel Bay

On January 18, the National Park Service (NPS) published Caneel Bay Redevelopment And Management Plan Newsletter outlining the options under consideration for Caneel Bay, announcing opportunities for discussion, and asking…

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National Park Service hosts additional Caneel Bay outreach sessions

National Park Service News Release / Release Date: February 26, 2022 / Contact: Nigel Fields, 340-776-6201 ext. 240 ST. JOHN, U.S. Virgin Islands—The National Park Service (NPS) today announced the latest round…

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VINP’s annual Folk Life Festival provides walk through memory lane

Daily News Staff / Feb 26, 2022 ST. JOHN — Students from Gifft Hill School got to walk through memory lane, getting the chance to learn about broom making, bread…

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Friends March Newsletter

With the beat of drums accompanying them, the moko jumbie class took to their stilts and donned their masks to dance and parade in celebration of Virgin Islands culture at…

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Hiking trails ‘never looked better’ thanks to Friends trail management team

By Andrea Milam St. John Correspondent in Virgin Islands Daily News Anyone who’s been hiking in Virgin Islands National Park lately will surely notice how clear and passable the trails…

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