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Post-Dorian mangrove restoration picks up steam
Post-Dorian mangrove restoration picks up steam
In the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian, scientists and environmentalists leapt into action researching mangroves on Grand Bahama and Abaco, their health and how those ecosystems function. Some collected propagules (another name for mangrove seeds) and galvanized communities into establishing backyard nurseries and burrowing tiny mangrove plants called seedlings into areas hard hit by the Category 5 ...
Students reviving mangrove wetlands
Students reviving mangrove wetlands
FORTY-five students planted 135 baby mangrove trees in Camp Abaco last week after growing them in their classrooms throughout this school year.
New student project restores mangrove forests in The Bahamas
This week, the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation (KSLOF), in partnership with Friends of the Environment (FRIENDS), is taking students and teachers to restore a local mangrove forest.
New student project to restore mangroves in The Bahamas
This week, the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation (KSLOF) is launching Bahamian Awareness of Mangroves (or B.A.M. for short), a new program to support mangrove education and restoration in The Bahamas.
International efforts to restore Abaco Creek
International efforts to restore Abaco Creek
Friends of the Environment has partnered with Dr Craig Layman and his research team from Florida International University to restore a vital tidal creek and wetland area in Abaco.
Broad Creek, located just south of Marsh Harbour near Camp Abaco has been blocked for more than 30 years after a road was constructed to build the camp.
The restoration project entailed removing a small area of the...
Suspected marijuana field found Abaco
Suspected marijuana field found Abaco
Six weeks after police discovered three marijuana fields on Marsh Harbour, Abaco, police found another marijuana field with over 400 plants on the southern end of Marsh Harbour
FNM National Candidates Launch Address - Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham
Fellow Bahamians;
F-N-Ms:
It?s nearly time! This voyage is nearly over. Soon we will bring the Bahamian Ship-of-State back to Port.
Cavalier Construction looking to develop in Hope Town
Cavalier Construction is well known in The Bahamas for building beautiful and high end homes throughout the islands. They have also built some of the country?s largest projects including: The Savoie Residence at the Abaco Club, Bayroc Condos in New Providence, and the Atlantis Convention Centre on Paradise Island, to name but a few.
2 million worth of marijuana plants found
2 million worth of marijuana plants found
Police discovered three marijuana fields with an estimated $2 million worth of plants on the southern end of Marsh Harbour, Abaco, on Tuesday, Chief Superintendent Sam Butler said yesterday.
Workshop held on ecosystem-based development for Andros
Andros is getting a lot of attention these days. It has become the focus of an ecosystem-based project that may be the model that is needed to move the island into an upward economic spiral for years to come with a focus on preservation and protection of the natural environment as an income generator for local residents and potential investors alike