Event 1:
FREE Kid's Fishing Tournament.
Children and families on St. Croix are invited to a "Kids Fishing Tournament” Saturday at the Christiansted Wharf from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. hosted by the Department of Housing, Parks and Recreation.The tournament is an activity associated with the department’s “Take Me Fishing” afterschool program.
Housing Parks and Recreation Commissioner St. Claire Williams said in a statement, "In our effort to serve more Virgin Islands children and families and promote diverse sports, including those that highlight our long historical culture of fishing, we are hosting this event and encourage families to participate.”
Williams said, “There is no entry fee – food and beverages will be provided for participants.”
The National Park Service, DPNR East End Marine Park, DPNR Fish and Wildlife, Golden Hook Club, NOAA and others are contributing to the tournament. For more information please call Krystal Hardy-Flores at 773-0160.
Event 2: Sunday June 17, 2012 9:00 am until done.
Creque Day Clean Up - FREE and VOLUNTEERS needed.
This is an ENVIRONMENTAL CALL TO ACTION: in the last three
months Creque Dam pond has been completely covered by a highly invasive aquatic
plant known as water lettuce.
Already all nesting water birds have been forced
to leave the pond.
The really bad news is that if it isn't removed now it may
become impossible to tackle this problem. This highly invasive plant will drain
the pond of water. We need to act fast:
THE MASS OF VEGETATION WILL DOUBLE IN
THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS!
A CITIZEN CREW IS URGENTLY NEEDED TO FIGHT THIS
INVASION!!!
Using a FLATHEAD STEEL
RAKE (not a leaf rake) we will snag and pull the water lettuce from the pond. A
crew of 10-15 people can empty the pond in a few hours but....
WE NEED STRONG
BODIES WITH STEEL RAKES!!!
WILL YOU JOIN US TO RESTORE CREQUE DAM POND? Cold beer and soft drinks provided by Mt Victory Camp
after the job is done.
WE NEED MINIMUM 15 people to pull this off!!!
CAN U COME
???
CAN US BRING OTHERS??
Blessed Love,
ReplyDeleteThankyou for the information on your web-site. I am interested in learning more of the area once known as "Free Gut". I see that there could be a tour set up of that area and would be interested in attending. I think that would be a very inspiring educational experience for the children.
Hi! I would love to set this up. Now that I know there is interest, I will contact the NPS and set it up for September/October. Does that sound good to you? Any day or time preference that you might have? Please consider following the blog by joining the site so as to get instant updates :)
DeleteThanks for the speedy response. Yes, September/October sounds fine. I would prefer the tour be during a week-day. I look forward to hearing more information. Thanks.
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