Friends of the V.I. National Park Face Accomplishments and Challenges

When the Friends of the Virgin Islands National Park met with the public at their annual meeting on Saturday, there was plenty of good news to go around.

READMORE:STTHOMASSOURCEDuring the past year, the Friends VINP awarded seven college scholarships, presented 300 seminars, guided 835 students on trips into the park, planted hundreds of trees and more than a thousand mangroves, treated 2,838 corals for disease, and monitored 40 beaches for sea turtle nesting activity. The park has also reactivated its Learn to Swim program for children and adults.